James Salter Quotes
I spent the night on a sliver of rock high up on the east face of Long's Peak, climbing with Tom Frost, and slept at the icy feet of the Dru, listening to the lightning crack above me and the thunder roll down. I only did it to write about it. I would never go up on the Grotto Wall for fun.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda.
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I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it's the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked.
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The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.
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There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.
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The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.
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I spent the night on a sliver of rock high up on the east face of Long's Peak, climbing with Tom Frost, and slept at the icy feet of the Dru, listening to the lightning crack above me and the thunder roll down. I only did it to write about it. I would never go up on the Grotto Wall for fun.
