Utah Phillips Quotes
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
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What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
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I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.
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The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.
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I have a pretty intense work ethic. If something's not done, I cannot let go until I get it done.
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Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible.
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Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them.
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I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger's the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he's not in the field, it's a relief because he's such a great player.
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The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.
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I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.
