Wendell Berry Quotes
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans.
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Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times.
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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Men gossip for just as long and about the same subjects as women, but tend to talk more about themselves.
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Every July, I look forward to taping a Christmas show - in July in Nashville. In 98-degree weather. I love it.
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I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life.
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Allow yourself a few parties, but be mindful the rest of the time.
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Gender equality is more successful than armed force.
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It is hard for me to believe that any husband and wife are really happy together. And to have thee say you are is an unspeakable comfort.
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I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn it as opposed to kind of doing it in more a standard, institutionalized way.
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I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.
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We are living even now among punishments and ruins.
