Jim Harrison Quotes
Fiction writers tend to err either making people more than they are or less than they are. I'd rather err on the side of the former.
Quotes to Explore
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I am not going to say much about the film 'Maidentrip,' but I won't be representing it, as I am not fully standing behind it.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and a lack of tools. This is what makes traditional philanthropy so daunting. You could build a thousand new hospitals in some parts of the world and barely make a difference.
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I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel.
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Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.
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You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change.
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While I hold my own political views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues.
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I was Minnie Mouse for Halloween, every year when I was little. Then, I had the Cinderella nightgown, when I was really little, that I begged my mother to wear to school. I was also Snow White a lot.
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Fiction writers tend to err either making people more than they are or less than they are. I'd rather err on the side of the former.
