Bob Black Quotes
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The north coast of Brittany is eaten into bays from which the sea retreats to considerable distances, and is fringed with reefs and islands. It is a favourite resort of Parisians throughout its stretch, from Dinard to Plestin.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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The public makes it so that we have to keep assaulting each other.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.
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Curvy is something to be proud of.
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
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Each new generation needs to commit again to the foundations of our peaceful coexistence.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.
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Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.
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Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the serious stuff that happens inside a classroom and can be measured via multiple choice questions and a No. 2 pencil. 'Play' is frivolous, fun, and worst of all, optional.
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My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance.
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If we're going to have the view that we're going to protect everyone in this society equally, we have to mean it.
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Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you.
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Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment.
