Phil Ochs Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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The world is always terrible.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
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It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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There is no such thing as abstract art, or else all art is abstract, which amounts to the same thing. Abstract art no more exists than does curved art yellow art or green art.
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What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in abundance.
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I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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I'm gonna give all I've got to give Cross my heart, and I hope to live.
