Matthew Arnold Quotes
On the breast of that huge Mississippi of falsehood called History, a foam-bell more or less is no consequence.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
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I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here.
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What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.
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I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
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Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.
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My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.
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If you are killing a chicken and cooking a chicken, it has to taste like chicken. Veal has to taste like veal. You have to be able to identify what you're eating. One of my worst experiences is when I can't tell what I'm eating. It is a waste.
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On the breast of that huge Mississippi of falsehood called History, a foam-bell more or less is no consequence.
