John Clute Quotes
We cannot afford to exclude any vision - any way of looking at the world - that human beings have invented for ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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t0 is blockchain-agnostic so, ultimately, we can use anybody's blockchain.
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.
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'I hate you, I hate you!' cried Madeline, a thing I didn't know anyone ever said except in the second act of a musical comedy.
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The older I grow the less I esteem mere ideas. In politics, particularly, they are transient and unimportant. . . . There are only men who have character and men who lack it.
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Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.
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There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.
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We cannot afford to exclude any vision - any way of looking at the world - that human beings have invented for ourselves.
