James Salter Quotes
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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The intuition of free will gives us the truth.
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Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything.
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People put off writing thinking they don't have the time or enough of an opinion to matter and that is crap. You are the only one standing in your own way, so get started.
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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
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I haven't read 'The Secret,' but I know what it's about, just having positive energy around you and being positive, and things start happening. I'm really, honestly, a firm believer of this.
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I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.
