Donald Hall Quotes
As I look at the barn in my ninth decade, I see the no-smoking sign, rusted and tilting on the unpainted gray clapboard. My grandfather, born in 1875, milked his cattle there a century ago.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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To find a man's true character, play golf with him.
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Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
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Most of my stuff hasn't gone viral. I have been successful on YouTube and I'm very proud of the stuff that I've done, but compared to the people who are actual internet stars and making a living off of it, my views are nothing.
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Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
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Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time.
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If you read back in the Bible, the letter of the apostle Paul to the church of Thessalonia, he said that in the latter days before the end of the age that the Earth would be caught up in what he called the birth pangs of a new order.
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The more unconscious individuals, groups, or nations are, the more likely it is that egoic pathology will assume the form of physical violence. Violence is a primitive but still very widespread way in which the ego attempts to assert itself, to prove itself right or another wrong. With very unconscious people, arguments can easily lead to physical violence.
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In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary.
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We have to straighten out our country; we have to make our country great again, and we need energy and enthusiasm.
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I never thought I'd be an expert at sword fighting, I never thought I'd be an expert in protein powders - I'm close to being an expert in both. It's great!
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I want POM Wonderful to be within arm's reach of everyone who wants it. That is the biggest service I can do.
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I think I had 'Super Mario' and 'Tetris' around, and that's it.
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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
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We're an ideal political family, as accessible as Disneyland.
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I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.
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Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.
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The intention that naturally exists: 'My intention is to get done with this commute.' So I've just doomed myself to an hour of discomfort, because my intention will not be met until I get out of the car.
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If you're not angry, you're just stupid, or you don't care.
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My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.'
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Life is like Avant Garde. It will make you uncomfortable, and leave the room. But always remember to come back and watch the artist bow.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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They would randomly assign patients to either ECMO or the conventional treatment until a prespecified number of deaths was observed in one of the groups. Then they would switch all the patients in the study to the more effective treatment of the two.
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As I look at the barn in my ninth decade, I see the no-smoking sign, rusted and tilting on the unpainted gray clapboard. My grandfather, born in 1875, milked his cattle there a century ago.
