Jim Harrison Quotes
I wrote 'Legends of the Fall' in nine days, but I had been thinking about it for a few years.

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I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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It's super dope when you connect with something personally.
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The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.
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In my experience with print journalists, the distinction between remarks being uttered on- or off-the-record is held sacrosanct, but the distinction between truth and falsity sometimes isn't.
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Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it.
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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
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Exposition has legitimate uses. It's the most efficient way to summarize background information, including necessary information about a character's history. It can set the stage well for a major dramatized event.
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Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.
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You cannot solve current problems with current thinking. Current problems are the result of current thinking.
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Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.
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You can't deny what you've learned; you can't deny your travels; you can't deny the nature of your life.
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Unless we possess high spiritual qualifications, there is no doubt that the events life throws upon us will give rise to frustration, emotional turmoil, and other distorted states of consciousness. These imperfect states of mind in turn give rise to imperfect activities, and the seeds of suffering are ever planted in a steady flow.
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I wrote 'Legends of the Fall' in nine days, but I had been thinking about it for a few years.