Phil Klay Quotes
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and no one else trying to hurt America.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.
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I'm very bad at ending sentences. A lot times I just want to say, 'That's the end of my sentence. I have nothing more to say.'
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When I started researching the eco effects of eating meat, I'd assumed, for no good reason, that environmental irresponsibility would correspond to both animal size and deliciousness: Eating cows would be worst, eating pigs would be a bit less bad, and eating chickens would be basically harmless.
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I would love to make my entire career as the guy who did not get cheered. Of course, I'm still going to get cheered by people who think they're smart, and that's fine - they're acknowledging how good I am at my job - but I don't want cheers; I want the boos. I love it.
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Bombs do very, very bad things to human bodies. It's incredibly shocking to see.
