Jessamyn West Quotes
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same levels were reached under the czars. I wanted to confirm it, but by then the censors were on to me.
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Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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Jews have a tendency to become comedians.
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You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
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Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.
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They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time?
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it's still me in the sense that, my dad called me 'Kali Uchis' my whole life. It's still something I've been called since I was a baby. It's still me.
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There is nothing like watching the woman you are in love with make a baby, make a miracle! It is one hell of a ride, and I am only seven months in. Time is flying by, but I am taking it all in. It is the most important thing that I have ever been a part of in my life.
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Don't trust anyone over 30.
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If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.
