James Howard Kunstler Quotes
I think water transport will see a revival. However, we're not going to replay the 20th century. The industrial city of that era will not be revived. Our cities are going to contract. Many of them will contract as a whole but densify at their core.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I think music needs danger; it needs risk.
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In Germany I am not so famous.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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You're either ghetto or you're not.
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I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.
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I've always had an interest in sports across the board.
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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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I love New York.
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My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.
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Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
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I used to work with a relief group that took care of the people in the dump. We took them food and water and medicine and built homes and took them to church services, whatever was needed.
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Any survival guide will tell you, don't buy a pair of combat boots before any disaster. They'll tear your feet up. Or water - don't bring water with you because it'll tire you out and you'll lose too much fluid. Bring a water pump.
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You do not defend a world that is already lost.
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I assume he was descended from apes like all the rest of us, but clearly in his case it had been a fairly gentle slope.
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I think water transport will see a revival. However, we're not going to replay the 20th century. The industrial city of that era will not be revived. Our cities are going to contract. Many of them will contract as a whole but densify at their core.
