Yvon Chouinard Quotes
There's a movement for simplifying your life: purchase less stuff, own a few things that are very high quality that last a long time, and that are multifunctional.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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I think that we need to live our lives for the present... as if it is our one and only wild and wonderful life.
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Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it.
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To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America; with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.
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Beaten biscuits: This is the most laborious of cakes, and also the most unwholesome, even when made in the best manner. We do not recommend it; but there is no accounting for tastes. Children would not eat these biscuits-nor grown persons either, if they can get any other sort of bread. When living in a town where there are bakers, there is no excuse for making Maryland biscuit. Believe nobody that says they are not unwholesome. . . . Better to live on Indian cakes.
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Being fundamentally decent and honest and willing to put others before yourself - that's necessary for being an effective policymaker.
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There's a movement for simplifying your life: purchase less stuff, own a few things that are very high quality that last a long time, and that are multifunctional.
