Utah Phillips Quotes
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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
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I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.
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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
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You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.
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There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
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I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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We are not going to abandon Iraq.
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Women artists are still treated differently from men.
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I'd put it this way: Canadians want politicians to work together on their behalf. So that's what I'm committed to doing. I think it's been the goal of every NDP leader. Because we had a profound belief that we could do a good job on behalf of Canadians... if we were given that opportunity.
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I compete in a sport on an individual basis, but I have never done it for me.
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When I began writing science fiction in the middle '60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months.
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The inequality between CEO compensation and the compensation received by workers and stockholders has grown to such an extent that it endangers our economy and and our society.
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They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.
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I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex.
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No root, no fruit.
