Douglas Tompkins Quotes
I just feel lucky that I somehow escaped from the confines of the business class... I feel so fortunate that somehow I managed to break out of that world and get to do something that really had more meaning.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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Mine enemy is growing old,- I have at last revenge. The palate of the hate departs; If any would avenge,-Let him be quick, the viand flits, It is a faded meat. Anger as soon as fed is dead; ’T is starving makes it fat.
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I'm afraid. I know L. I don't want you to get hurt. I won't. What if you do. I'll wait for you. Even if I'm dark? Even if you're very very dark.
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I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in 'Twilight,' put in my two weeks' notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out.
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I just feel lucky that I somehow escaped from the confines of the business class... I feel so fortunate that somehow I managed to break out of that world and get to do something that really had more meaning.
