Derrick Jensen Quotes
I quit work two weeks later-having sold another eighty of my hours-and knew I could never again work a regular job.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.
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Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
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I had knockback after knockback before I got anywhere. After I got my first record deal I thought that was it, then Gut Records went into liquidation. I was 20. I had no idea what that meant. I had a few days to get myself out of that contract or my work would be owned by someone else.
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When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.
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I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished.
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Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING.
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I quit work two weeks later-having sold another eighty of my hours-and knew I could never again work a regular job.
