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"My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important."
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"But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore."
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"We fear change because it insists we discard long held structures that no longer function suitably."
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"To make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
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"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past, and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."
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"When you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done."
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"If everybody followed the rules, nothing would ever change. Without change there would be no progress."
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"Change in ourselves equals change in our society."
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"Human inertia induces us to believe that our lives will never change unless we relocate."
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"Be careful what you choose to experience, because you never remain the same person as earlier. Something intrinsically changes you forever!"
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"Everything is only a transition."
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"Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal."
Technology
"Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day."
Love
"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."
Man
"My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important."
Change
"There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while."
Being
"I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent."
Leader
"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house."
Christmas
"I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important."
Love
"There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them."
Time
"I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?"
Money
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