Paul S. Kemp Quotes

My favorite film is 'The Empire Strikes Back.' My writing, and my personal taste in movies and books, tends toward works with a darker tone, and 'Empire' fits that the best of all the movies.

Paul S. Kemp

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On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

Joe Torre

TeamPitchingSafeSureYourOther

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home.

John McCain

HomeChaosWinWillFollowGenocide

I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There will be a whole series of dead ends that a year or two down the line I'll come back to.

Anish Kapoor

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Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out.

Jeff Tweedy

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If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy.

Michael Bennet

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Liberace was one of the biggest stars in America. He was a kind of a phenomenon.

Michael Douglas

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There was no testimony of conspiracy - Oswald's efforts to get in touch with the Soviets and with the Cuban Fair Play groups in New York were rebuffed, rebuffed at every step.

John Sherman Cooper

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The whole 'starting with stories, ending with novels' thing, it's probably too ingrained in the industry and the psyche to change it.

Stephen Graham Jones

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I'm a firm believer in putting your experiences in your writing, of bleeding into the page.

Tom King

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I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.

Ron Rash

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Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world.

Mary Boykin Chesnut

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