Kenneth L. Pike Quotes
Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.
Quotes to Explore
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To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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When I was a kid, we weren't really supposed to listen to secular music. But one day, I found a 'Led Zeppelin IV' cassette tape in the garage, and it was just amazing-sounding music, not like anything I'd heard before. I remember thinking: 'Well, if God created music, why is his music in church not as good as this?'
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
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A diverse customer base helps insulate you; a few large accounts can leave you vulnerable to their whims.
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Modelling was never a career option for me; it was always a hobby. I was modelling while I was pursuing my B.Tech, so the obvious choice after finishing my studies was to do a job. But while I was modelling and doing TV commercials, I really loved being in front of the camera. I enjoyed the shooting process.
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My art practice eventually arrived at a point where I had freedom from various limiting conditions; the institutional mindset is not airtight and isn't altogether ideologically programmed. There are ways of escaping.
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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The truth brings no man a fortune.
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Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.
