James Agee Quotes
We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I don't mind Ryan Bader thinking he deserves a title shot.
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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
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Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.
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What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.
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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.
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The principal objective of American government at every level should be to see that children are born into intact families and that they remain so.
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I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita.
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The second quarter is what killed us. Hopefully we'll get to play these guys in the playoffs because I think we match up well with them.
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I love all kinds of music, and I would write really traditional country songs and songs that were just really out there, that didn't sound country at all, and everything in between.
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We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.
