Jim Harrison Quotes
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home.
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate.
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Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.
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When I was young, I had this feeling that there was this handbook that I had never gotten that explained how to be, how to laugh, what to wear, how to stand by yourself in the hallway. Everyone looked so natural - like they all practiced and knew exactly what to do - even the way they pushed their hair out of their face.
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I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.
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So that there is no misunderstanding from my perspective, I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid. There will be no exceptions. The (players) union is aware of that and they accept it.
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In luxury, ubiquity will kill you - it means you're not really luxury anymore.
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The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and '62.
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I had a long-lasting love affair with the flavors from Japan and the hustling New York street vendors. And, of course, a life-changing return to Ethiopia has made huge impacts on my life in food.
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I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness.
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I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.
