Gene Wolfe Quotes
Those who have never fought suppose that the deserter who flies the field is consumed by shame. He is not, or he would not desert; with only trifling exceptions, battles are fought by cowards afraid to run.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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It's been a good thing for me to try and understand America.
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I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.
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When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Otis Redding or Nirvana.
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A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.
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It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.
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Sometimes, I don't like making emotions your career; something about it is kind of gross. But, at the same time, I want to move people the same way the songs make me feel.
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Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.
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According to the Social Security Administration, in 1945, 41.9 workers supported each individual retiree, while today only 3.3 workers support each retiree. This system cannot continue.
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God does not exist-religion in science is an absurdity, in practice an immorality and in men a disease.
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We are People who need to love, because Love is the soul's life, Love is simply creation's greatest joy.
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Any astrophysicist does not feel small looking up at the universe; we feel large.
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To say nothing is out here is incorrect; to say the desert is stingy with everything except space and light, stone and earth is closer to the truth.
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Illnesses can be seen as impending actions representing actual blockages of energy, ation turned into channels that are not to the best interests of the personality. The energies appear concentrated and turned inward, affecting the whole system.
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Those who have never fought suppose that the deserter who flies the field is consumed by shame. He is not, or he would not desert; with only trifling exceptions, battles are fought by cowards afraid to run.
