Utah Phillips Quotes
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I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who view the Kurdish people's justified cause through a nationalist lens.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.
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It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.
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I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
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I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists?
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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Comics have years to explain this stuff, and in a movie, you have to focus on one thing. So it's about kind of streamlining, I think. Some of the most successful origin films actually have a narrower focus.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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I think we've learned that the S.B.A. plays a critical role in providing access and opportunity when the market is not providing that access. We help banks get that money out into the hands of important and viable businesses, particularly those owned by minorities, women, immigrants and veterans.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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I did some research once on the way people in the past imagined the year 2000. They tended to picture the things they already had getting more sophisticated - flying cars, self-cleaning windows. And the folks in the early 1900s had a wildly optimistic estimate of the future of pneumatic tubes.
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It's good to know people think I'm a nice guy.
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There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.
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As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.
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It is better to be likable than to be talented.
