James Salter Quotes
Like books you will never have the chance to read, there are languages you do not know, and you're not going to get a chance to learn, so you'll never really know what was written, only the approximation.
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.
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I wasn't a social butterfly at all.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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Starting a new business will take its toll on your time and energy, and this can place strain on family and social relationships, depending on their expectations and how open you are in your communication with them.
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This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.
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People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.
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We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
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Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.
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I like radio and live performing stuff. I don't like the television stuff as much.
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Increasingly, the work I'm doing is in service to an idea rather than just to see what something looks like photographed. I'm trying to explore how I feel about something through photography.
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Eating insects is good for the environment and balanced diets.
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Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.
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When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are going to have to be rich enough that you want to take a very long journey with them. That's how I begin thinking about what I want to write about and who I want to write about.
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To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.
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Like books you will never have the chance to read, there are languages you do not know, and you're not going to get a chance to learn, so you'll never really know what was written, only the approximation.
