Jim Harrison Quotes
The idea is to eat well and not die from it - for the simple reason that that would be the end of your eating.
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Platinum for me signifies everlasting love, which needs to be celebrated in the most special way.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
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There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
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There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.
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When I was 18, I left Dublin and moved to Paris. I didn't speak French. I didn't know anyone. I felt like a fish out of water.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
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I don't try to be sexy, but I do want to look as good as I can.
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I always like to look at things and think, 'Would I be proud to bring my grandma and grandpa to come see me in this?' And if I wouldn't want them to see it, then it's not something that I should immortalize myself on film in.
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Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.
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It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work.
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Whether we are Christians or Muslims or nationalists or agnostics or atheists, we must first learn to forget our differences. If we have differences, let us differ in the closet; when we come out in front, let us not have anything to argue about until we get finished arguing with the man.
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You can't just plain die. You got to do it by the book.
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'Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give No hollow aid; alone - man with his God must strive.
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You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.
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The idea is to eat well and not die from it - for the simple reason that that would be the end of your eating.
