Derrick Jensen Quotes
Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this institution-this artifice-continues to socially reinforce patterns of perception and behavior, if this behavior is destructive, it may not be a bad idea to eliminate or curtail the institution.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.
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Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.
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It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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If we hit the debt ceiling, that's... essentially defaulting on our obligations, which is totally unprecedented in American history. The impact on the economy would be catastrophic.
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Your own inner capabilities and potentials are more varied and powerful than you realize. The purpose of this book is to enable you to recognize and use them in daily life. You use them now, but in a subdued and inefficient manner. They work in spite of you.
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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
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Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this institution-this artifice-continues to socially reinforce patterns of perception and behavior, if this behavior is destructive, it may not be a bad idea to eliminate or curtail the institution.
