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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We deemed the secret lost, the spirit gone, Which spake in Greek simplicity of thought, And in the forms of gods and heroes wrought Eternal beauty from the sculptured stone - A higher charm than modern culture won, With all the wealth of metaphysic lore, Gifted to analyze, dissect explore.
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Well, one is inspired by the whole of life, one's own and somebody else's. You know how sometimes you hear great music, and music is completely untranslatable into words, into any words. A certain tension that is born when one listens to music could aid you in expressing something absolutely different.
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I really desperately want to write and direct my own movie.
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The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.
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Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.
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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.
