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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I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our attention in the media, those strange cases that we end up obsessing about. I'm always influenced by weird anecdotes and news.
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I've got this diverse education, growing up in classical music and existing between that and music that is more visceral, so for sure, I've always been interested in music from other cultures.
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Sometimes our greatest strengths are also our greatest weaknesses.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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Metaphorically, every vagina has secret teeth, for the male exits as less than when he entered. The basic mechanics of conception require action in the male but nothing more than passive receptivity in the female.
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We are living even now among punishments and ruins.
