Jim Harrison Quotes
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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I want to play interesting women.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.
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A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
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The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
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The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that you cannot develop your personality at all in Hinduism.
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Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.
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Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.
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Taking steps is easy Standing still is hard... Everything is different The second time around.
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I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.
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There's something frightening about finding a woman who would take your heart.
