Joe Andrew Quotes
The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.
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When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
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The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.
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Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.
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For a lot of folks who get sober, the process of getting and staying sober becomes their higher power, and it becomes a religion that sort of consumes a whole lot of them. I just don't think that that's necessary. I think that that can be a side note rather than the story of your life.
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Poems are endlessly renewable resources. Whatever you bring to them, at whatever stage of life, gets mirrored back, refracted, reread in new ways.
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We were in Greenville, South Carolina, where he lived, and he was coming the next day to the show, but he passed away the night before. I was very close to my grandfather. He was the first guy to teach me how to ride a motorcycle, so (his death) meant a lot to me. It just gave me a perspective on life and how important it is to live it and enjoy it while we're here. Sometimes we're looking for the grass to be greener, and what's awesome is right in front of you.
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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain.
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The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.
