Utah Phillips Quotes
It's nice to know there are some things in early 21st-century post-industrial culture that don't change very fast. I am one of those.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.
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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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It's nice to know there are some things in early 21st-century post-industrial culture that don't change very fast. I am one of those.
