Ralph Steadman Quotes
Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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Marriage has made me safer.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
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I was reading my son some fables; it made for good nighttime reading. These stories were very vivid and very strange and occasionally bizarrely violent. It was a very free landscape.
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I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I'm a Nietzschean scholar. I've read an immense amount about nihilism and existentialism.
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There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
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'Dad, are we scared?' said Sunshine. 'No, honey. It's an adventure.
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Her eyes were those of someone who's just fallen in love, someone who sees nothing but her lover, someone who has no fear of anything. The eyes of someone who believes that every dream will come true, that reality will move if you just give it a push.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
