Douglas Tompkins Quotes
When they're growing up, if you tell kids God exists, they believe it. It's the same with the techno-cultural society. They believe in it - that it's the road to paradise, that there are no limits.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I'm very wary of news on television.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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I know things aren't perfect for women in the U.K. and in America, but there are women in the rest of the world who have it far worse.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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I guess I have a certain willingness for audacity.
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I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.
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I'm uncomfortable with selfies and status updates documenting mundane pieces of my life, which I don't think should be of interest to anyone else.
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When they're growing up, if you tell kids God exists, they believe it. It's the same with the techno-cultural society. They believe in it - that it's the road to paradise, that there are no limits.
