Douglas Tompkins Quotes
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.
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You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.
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Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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I thought I'd have the baby, and get super fit and strong straight away.
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The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered luxuries, and what a privilege they see education as and how hungry they are to learn, I wanted to give my brother and sister long lectures. That definitely stayed with me.
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There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.
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I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.
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I have met with hundreds of young fashion designers, hundreds of fashion startups, hundreds of CEOs and business leaders. All I do is get to ask questions of professionals in the industry. I learn from every conversation. It is the best education I could have.
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Oregonians expect the state to prioritize the health and well-being of them and their families.
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In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.
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I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically.
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Honestly, if the worst these people can say about me is that I'm gay, then I think I'll be fine. I can handle it.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.
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Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
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I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for themselves which aesthetics are closest to their own. Still, while I try not to be a nostalgist myself, I suppose I am drawn to those poignant moments in our lives, rendered clearly and artfully.
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I don't think capitalism can survive.
