Jim Harrison Quotes
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I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
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I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
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Something often neglected in popular accounts of the Wild West is the extent to which its dramas were colored by the politics and personal resentments left by the Civil War.
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.
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I have a dark sense of humor.
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All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.
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I've been coaching how many years? A long time.
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I am far more distress-avoidant than I am joy-seeking.
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I'm the most ambitious person you ever met.
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So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things.
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The 'problem lies' are the half-dozen or so falsehoods we hear every day that can lead us down the wrong path in our careers, change how we do business, or dramatically influence our personal lives.
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Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.
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Pretty much everyday, there's a moment where I'm having to pinch myself and think, 'When did this happen to my life?'
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It's hard to understand the life that I live and rationalize some of the things that I do. I don't need someone questioning every move that I make, asking me why I don't just relax. When there's no one asking me those types of questions... to me, it's peaceful.
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Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat.
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From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater, so it almost feels genetic.
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Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
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I deal in volume. To sell volume, it must be affordable. So that's my whole life, is to make it affordable.
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Duran is a mythological figure in Latin America. He grew up in a time of turbulence because Panama was basically occupied by the United States. So he felt obliged to fight Americans in the ring. He felt the whole pride of his country and the need for cultural and political emancipation in his hands.
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If your environment is not to your liking, change it!
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I live in a mind melt of different situations, through my work and social life - I wouldn't have it any other way.
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How is it macho that I like to hunt and fish? I've been doing it since I was four.
