Farley Mowat Quotes
After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks.
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People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.
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I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks.
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Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.
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It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.
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I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.
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I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?
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That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.
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There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.
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Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.
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Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
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California is infamous for passing things and then waking up and saying, 'What the hell did we just pass?'
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Forever, we all had a real clear understanding of what Parcells' teams looked like and played like: tough as hell and didn't beat themselves.
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We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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I fought fire with oil.
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If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany or something.
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Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
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How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?
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When I die and go to hell, the devil is going to make me the marketing director for a cola company. I’ll be in charge of trying to sell a product that no one needs, is identical to its competition, and can’t be sold on its merits. I’d be competing head-on in the cola wars, on price, distribution, advertising, and promotion, which would indeed be hell for me. Remember, I’m the kid who couldn’t play competitive games. I’d much rather design and sell products so good and unique that they have no competition.
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Each of us has heaven and hell in him...
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The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a moment in the sunlight, then dive back in a graceful arc. There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick; then you can move toward health.
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After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks.
