Charles de Lint Quotes

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

Charles de Lint

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 22, 1951

Topics

LifeStriveEverythingWithoutLeft

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

Jim Hightower

TodayAmericanFarmerDifference

The interesting thing about white power and the desperate white knuckling grip on this thing call whiteness, which is a myth in itself, is that black folks... we're not asking you to invent new laws for us. We're asking you to include us in the laws that are already on the books.

Jesse Williams

PowerBlackInterestingYouWhite

Ultimately, the success of America's market economy depends on trust. This includes trust between buyers and sellers, between lenders and borrowers, and between investors and the companies in which they invest.

Amy Klobuchar

SuccessTrustAmericaEconomyMarket

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

Tom Petty

MoneyMeFeelDownThingsMade

Rarely ever see or meet the writer during shooting.

Tom Skerritt

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Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere.

Robin Morgan

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I suspect that the framers of the Bill of Rights have long since rolled over in their graves.

Jay Parini

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I look ridiculous in a three-piece suit - I'm too fat.

Dominic West

FatLookRidiculousSuitToo

I want people to see a real person on the ice. I want to seem tangible, hard-working, passionate about my skating, not just going out and doing something I've rehearsed a million times.

Ashley Wagner

PeopleDoingIcePersonWantSee

But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

William H. Seward

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I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

Peter Ackroyd

TimeInterestingFindingKnowStrike

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.

Scott Hamilton

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