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 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 don't work with a stylist.
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I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.
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I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!
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At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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The admission of Oriental immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our people has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes or of strict administrative regulations secured by diplomatic negotiations. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-respecting governments.
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We are all naturally xenophobic.
