Interesting Times Quotes

• I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

  Charles de Lint

  Interesting, Chinese, Thrive

  "Someplace to be Flying". Book by Charles de Lint, 1998.

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• Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind. And everyone here will ultimately be judged - will ultimately judge himself - on the effort he has contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which his ideals and goals have shaped that effort.

  Robert Kennedy

  Men, Goal, Interesting

  Discurso del Día de la Afirmación de Robert F. Kennedy en la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica, www.mtholyoke.edu. 6 de junio de 1966.

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• The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come to the attention of those in authority" and finish with "may the gods give you everything you ask for." I have no idea about its authenticity.

  Terry Pratchett

  Ideas, Giving, Interesting

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a lot of young people in the vicinity of a lot of books and hoping that something would pass from one to the other, while the actual young people put themselves in the vicinity of inns and taverns for exactly the same reason.

  Terry Pratchett

  Book, People, Age

  "Interesting Times". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1994.

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• Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.

  Terry Pratchett

  Order, Chaos, Defeat

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• May you live in interesting times and come to the attention of important people.

  Eric Frank Russell

  People, Interesting, Important

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• Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, "What happens if I do this?"

  Terry Pratchett

  Sound, Would Be, Paper

  "Interesting Times (Discworld, Book 17)". Book by Terry Pratchett (p. 186), 1994.

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• Are you a devious, plotting, unreliable madman? Ah, good, then you can be my most trusted advisor.

  Terry Pratchett

  Advisors, Madmen, Devious

  "Interesting Times". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1994.

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• I hope you find what you're looking for.

  Steve McQueen

  Meaningful, Gnome

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• I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

  Dennis Lehane

  Growing Up, Blessed, Home

  "A life in writing: Dennis Lehane". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2009.

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• I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point.

  Steve Martin

  Believe, Careers, Interesting

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• Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

  Terry Pratchett

  Nice, Mean, Discworld

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Interesting Times: (Discworld Novel 17)”, p.11, Random House

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• La selección natural se encargó de que los héroes profesionales que en un momento crucial tendían a hacerse preguntas como "¿Cuál es mi propósito en la vida?" carecieran muy pronto de ambas cosas.

  Terry Pratchett

  Hero, Purpose, Saws

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Interesting Times: (Discworld Novel 17)”, p.139, Random House

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• In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially in London.

  Rei Kawakubo

  Fashion, Interesting, London

  Fuente: www.elle.com

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• It's nice to know that you're worth something and music really does put that kind of light back into you. Well, it does for me anyway. I've been through some very interesting times in my life and there is certain songs that I go to and I'm like, ok, it's not that bad.

  Joss Stone

  Song, Nice, Light

  Fuente: www.cyinterview.com

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• It's quite an interesting time, the '20s, because the politics of England were changing quite a lot, and the class structure was starting to shift a little.

  Julian Ovenden

  Class, Interesting, Littles

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• Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a great time to be a filmmaker, is a great time to be starting off.

  Michael Pitt

  Interesting, Cameras, Digital

  Fuente: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

  Terry Pratchett

  Nineteen, Four, Language

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• I don't demonize the downside. As we've seen in Egypt and Tahrir square and other recent event, the adhesiveness through [technology] kinds of communication is extraordinary. Interesting times we live in.

  Anne Waldman

  Communication, Technology, Squares

  Fuente: logosjournal.com

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• I graduated in 2009, which - if you think back to where the economy was at that time - was an interesting time to graduate.

  Ryan Lewis

  Thinking, Interesting, Graduates

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• Ah, those were the days…The Dark-Hunters hunted us, we slaughtered them. We made our homes in underground catacombs and crypts where the Hunters couldn’t go without getting possessed. It was an interesting time to be Apollite or Daimon. But that was before we discovered civilization and modern conveniences. Before the human world developed enough to where we could exist at night under the pretense of being one of them. Apollites owning businesses and houses. Daimons playing Nintendo. What is this world coming to? (Thanatos)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hogar, Oscuridad, Noche

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• Since the last tour I have done a lot of extensive travel to Iraq, Kuwait, Siberia, South Korea and other places and picked up some hopefully interesting stories. We are living in interesting times and as bad as things are, I draw considerable inspiration from some of the things I'm seeing and people I'm meeting. I'm looking forward to getting out on the road and talking about it all.

  Henry Rollins

  Inspiration, Talking, Korea

  "Henry Rollins' 25 Years Of Bullshit", www.ign.com. August 11, 2005.

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• Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.'

  Terry Pratchett

  Death, Magic, Lasts

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• It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn't have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things.

  Jim Jarmusch

  New York, Interesting, Desire

  Entrevista con Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. 15 de noviembre de 1999.

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• There are interesting times. The game is more fun when you are experimenting. One day yuor great, the next day scatterlog. But your learning. No that's not right. I probably have forgotten more about golf than I will ever learn. What you do is remember some of the things you thought you would never forget.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Fun, Golf, Games

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