Phil Klay Quotes
If you write a novel where war is nothing but hell and no one experiences excitement or cracks a dark joke, then you're not actually admitting the full experience.
Quotes to Explore
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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I'm very happy alone.
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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.
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When you play piano, your left hand and right hand are synced. Your brain basically has a clock, so that the right hand knows that 0.3 seconds after I hit this key, I need to hit that one. And the right hand knows not to hit keys that the left hand is playing, so the hands do not collide.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre.
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One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.
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I'm the easiest person to make fun of.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.
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I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.
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Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together.
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
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I had a date with an inflatable girl. Now I got an inflatable guy looking for me.
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I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.
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We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.
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Grant made the perfect candidate, a war hero with indistinct views on most political issues.
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If you write a novel where war is nothing but hell and no one experiences excitement or cracks a dark joke, then you're not actually admitting the full experience.
