Jim Harrison Quotes
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I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
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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 always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.
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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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'There is no God,' the wicked saith,'And truly it’s a blessing,For what He might have done with usIt’s better only guessing.'
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I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.
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I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
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Although I may not know a lot about football, I do know a lot about food! As a result, not many people ask me to join their fantasy leagues, but they will come to me for suggestions on what to serve for guests for a weekly Sunday get-together.
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I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.
