Jim Harrison Quotes
I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.
Quotes to Explore
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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Our mission is to help founders and anyone or anything that helps founders helps us with our mission.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
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The oceans produce up to 70 percent of our oxygen, they shape our climate, and they support an American oceans economy larger than our nation's entire agriculture sector.
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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The whole brunt of the media and the government is to encourage people to be highly competitive and totally selfish and uncaring of others.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
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In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that minority set-aside programs in municipal contracts were unconstitutional. The court wondered if there were proof that people of color even want to receive municipal contracts.
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We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous.
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It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry.
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If no one's doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.
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I own my own time.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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My family means different things to different folks. I think, for most people, they have very fond memories and believe my family made important contributions to the country.
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War is an abstraction.
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I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.
