Wendell Berry Quotes
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.
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I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.
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Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis – huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.
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A novelist's lack of awareness of and critical distance to his own body of work is due to a phenomenon that I have noticed in myself and many others: as soon as it is written, every new book erases the last one, leaving me with the impression that I have forgotten it.
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I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.
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When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.
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I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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You can be a man who loves a woman but love someone the way a gay man loves another man or a woman loves a woman.
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I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.
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I'm not ready to be a woman yet, I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll like my curves when I'm older but right now they kind of make me squirm.
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We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.
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Doing 'Malcolm and Eddie' was probably the foremost miserable years of my life.
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Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.
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My temperament is not the adventuresome sort that enjoys starting new projects every six months. I love ensemble, nine-to-five stability. There's a family dynamic in making a television show that you don't get on a movie, where you're a hired gun for a few months.
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Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.
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Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.
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The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
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I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.
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My father was a beautiful man.
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With my son, falling off his bike is usually what makes him upset, so a hug goes a long way. But girls are more complicated; my daughter will get bummed out because her friend hurt her feelings. In that case, we'll talk about it. I'll tell her that she's a great friend, and that she needs to talk to her friends about it.
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Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millenium.
