To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster. - John Carpenter

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I should like [people] to like the purely individual thing in themselves, which makes them act in singleness. and They only like to do the collective thing.

John Carpenter

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

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The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

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Fears are all psychological. Being afraid of death, loss of a loved one and disfigurement are all powered by your mind, and that's very powerful stuff.

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We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

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Horror is always the same. It changes with the culture and changes with technology. The stories are always the same. There are just two basic stories in horror, two simple ones -- evil is outside and evil is in here [points to his heart].

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Horror stories have always worked on film. It's where they work. That's where vampires and ghosts and UFOs are real. They're not particularly real in life, but they're real on the screen. It's the communal aspect of movie-watching.

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I knew right then you were the only one for me. " He pulled her hand from his face, kissed her palm, then pressed it flat against his chest. "Beatings, battles, fights. No matter how bleak the circumstance, no matter how my soul despaired. . . this heart never once gave up. " His voice deepened, went thick with emotion. "I've a theory as to why. Do you want to hear it?" She nodded. "This heart is yours. It's yours," he said. "It always will be.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

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D. H. Lawrence

I should like [people] to like the purely individual thing in themselves, which makes them act in singleness. and They only like to do the collective thing.

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Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to his word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them.

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