Chris Hedges Quotes
This moment in American history is what Antonio Gramsci called the 'interregnum'-the period when a discredited regime is collapsing but a new one has yet to take its place. There is no guarantee that what comes next will be better. But this space, which will close soon, offers citizens the final chance to embrace a new vision and a new direction.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was important for me to have a workout I could do in my room.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in six or eight seconds before the defense gets set.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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I'm asking you to talk with your friends, neighbors, and relatives - even the ones you've never talked to about reproductive rights. That's how you can throw your number in the bucket, and stand with a president who has stood with us. Conversation by conversation, vote by vote, we will re-elect President Barack Obama!
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The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other.
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In one sense, the Parkers are the beginning and end of the Comanches in U.S. history.
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Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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Oh, so they have internet on computers now!
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This moment in American history is what Antonio Gramsci called the 'interregnum'-the period when a discredited regime is collapsing but a new one has yet to take its place. There is no guarantee that what comes next will be better. But this space, which will close soon, offers citizens the final chance to embrace a new vision and a new direction.
