Joan Didion Quotes
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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I don't think it's fair that we cannot guarantee every child in this country a great education and that, in New York City, in some cases, your child is at risk in some part because of the policies the union endorses.
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The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.
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I did go through a phase where I played videogames quite often, but I haven't in a few years.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.
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Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
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We're fabricating a state-of-the-art concessions system for our touring, so we can feed the people and give them everything they need without having to wait on it.
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Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.
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Any movement at all that reduces disease, that reduces overdoses, that reduces property crime, that reduces violent crime, is good.
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I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.
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Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?
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Lookin' so innocent,I might believe you if I didn't know.Could'a loved you all my life,If you hadn't left me waiting in the cold.And you got your share of secrets,And I'm tired of being last to know.And now you're asking me to listen'Cause it's worked each time before.
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Ὀλβίσαι δὲ χρὴβίον τελευτήσαντ' ἐν εὐεστοῖ φίλῃ.
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So we do sometimes think because it has been found to pay.
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There's a domino effect with certain things you say.
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Is this year over yet? Too many people are passing away. Rest In Peace, George Michael.
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When you deal with change, you have a couple choices: you can lead it and make the rules, or you can be a fast follower, or you can be a slow follower.
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Things don't go away just because you choose to forget them.
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I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.
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The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.
