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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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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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.
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My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.
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Lots of male friendships begin as a cheeky snog. Or a little undercurrent of flirtation.
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A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
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A doctor once told me I have abnormal levels of adrenaline in my system.
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'Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who's seen 'Jaws' 55 times.
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My thing about having another child was, time's-a-wasting!
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The first time I passed as a woman in public was on leave in the U.S. from my deployment to Iraq in February 2010.
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I didn't always take myself that seriously. Image-wise, I was somewhat of a jokester.
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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.
