Jim Harrison Quotes
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'
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Music is like my security blanket.
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I didn't want to accept that people would forget me, that the government wouldn't do anything to negotiate our freedom. After a year, I came to understand that not only had one year passed, many more would come.
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I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
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Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.
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It is not a coincidence that Fusion middleware and applications have the same name. We knew what we needed it to be.
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I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I've started to choose my own things from time to time.
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In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking.
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Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
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It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.
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I try to come to Asia twice a year. I also go to Europe - to London as well as to France to see my family - four or five times a year.
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I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.
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I thought the script was very good, but something was missing. I wanted to come out with a cane, come down slowly, have it stick into one of the bricks, get up, fall over, roll around, and they all laugh and applaud. The director asked, ‘what do you want to do that for?’ I said from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.
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A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so.
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We are all naturally xenophobic.
