Jim Harrison Quotes
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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Over the years, I have worked very hard to achieve what I have so far. But I've not been alone in this journey. A lot of the credit for this goes to my fans - it's because of them that I'm here today.
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There's so much bullying with young people and them feeling like they can't come out, and they don't know what to do. And it's something that you have to work through. And, you know, for me, it was - I came out, and then I went back in for a minute. And then I came out, and I was like, 'You know what? This is who I am.'
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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.
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If we all band together against extremism and spend a few minutes a day using tools that have been proven to work, we can make a big difference in defending those values we share as Americans.
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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
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You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people.
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I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.
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I was actually born in L.A. My sisters and I were playing in a parking lot, and my dad was like, 'Nah, nah, nah. Let's go give 'em some grass.'
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I never even dreamed of being a chef, and that's fundamental.
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Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same way they come down on countries that trade with Iran and Cuba, we'd have no tax havens in the world.
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The first instinctive response to any criticism is a defensive response. (The quicker the response, the more defensive.)
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It isn't money itself that causes the trouble, but the use of money as votive offering and pagan ornament.
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For this video I tried to get a glimpse of Batman's rear end, but it's as if his cape is a piece of high-tech Wayne-Industries equipment designed to cover up his butt at all costs.
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I cannot ever accept the kind of conditions where you can sacrifice someone’s rights.
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I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.
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If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast.
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Wanting something - wanting a career or wanting to make something - doesn't really mean much. It's about finding something you care about. Because caring is the only thing that really matters.
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People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won't get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce.
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Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?
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People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal.
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I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.
