Brendan Behan Quotes
The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again.
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I have a great office.
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Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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I'm opinionated because I care so much about the music and the songs.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
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We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
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I think penguins are cute.
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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I arrived at school pensive, introverted, and not very sporty, so magic became a place of mystery and intrigue, an escape for my boyish mind.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think.
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If you didn't know what you were trying to do, Robert von Neumann wouldn't say a word. He would just turn and walk away. So you very quickly learned to think that you'd better be attempting to do something in that painting class.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.
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The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again.
