James Schuyler Quotes
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I'd learned some things. I knew you weren't supposed to hold a good wine at the top - the paper bag falls off.
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The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory' that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they've defined it, can never be disproved.
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There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else.
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I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Iain Banks.
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I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
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I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.
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In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order.
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My favorite thing to do in a new city is find new fast food. I seek it out. I'll tweet and ask people what their favorite local place is, and if I get four or five with the same answer, then I'll check it out.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
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Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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I was at the 1976 Republican Convention in Kansas City. I was running 'Nobody for President' at the time. I printed up these press releases and handed them out to the crowd at the Kemper Arena. 'Nobody keeps campaign promises.' 'Nobody lowers your taxes.' 'Nobody should have that much power.' 'Nobody is in Washington working for you.'
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Beef is beef, you know. Beef comes, so Beef is real.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.
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I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time.
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There's a sea of music out there, but there's no curation for it.
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However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.
