Knute Nelson Quotes
The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.
Quotes to Explore
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I don't like attacking.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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Remember: You are the common denominator in all your relationship problems. Wherever you go, your pesky repeated issues go - until you shed a blazing light of insight upon them.
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With a film, you can get into it and love it. With music, you can listen to over and over again, but with music videos, they're like this short little stab.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.
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Fashion is a playground up until a certain age. But then you have to find your own signature and your own style.
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No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves.
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Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.
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If sheep do not have the constant care of a shepherd, they will go the wrong way, unaware of the dangers at hand. They have been known to nibble themselves right off the side of a mountain..... And so, because sheep are sheep, they need shepherds to care for them. The welfare of sheep depends solely upon the care they get from their shepherd. Therefore, the better the shepherd, the healthier the sheep.
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The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.
