Wendell Berry Quotes
Much of the obscurity of our effort so far against terrorism originates in the now official idea that the enemy is evil and that we are (therefore) good, which is the precise mirror image of the official idea of the terrorists.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think he had another little girl on the side - I told him, 'If you lose me, you're going to lose a good thing.' And I went home and put that poem to music.
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A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.
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Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.
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Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
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Exercise keeps me occupied, which is good for my mental health.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
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Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.
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If we can't afford to take good care of the land that feeds us, we're in an insurmountable mess.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is not all movement and stillness is not all stillness; where the idea and the form, the within and the without, are united; where infinite becomes finite, yet not losing its infinity. If this meeting is dissolved, then things become unreal.
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The only really respectable Protestants are the fundamentalists. Unfortunately, they are also palpable idiots.
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Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
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Much of the obscurity of our effort so far against terrorism originates in the now official idea that the enemy is evil and that we are (therefore) good, which is the precise mirror image of the official idea of the terrorists.
