Wendell Berry Quotes
Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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My favorite thing about playing a vampire is the stunts. It's just a new, fun thing to do. Especially as a girl, being able to be all dolled up in heels and little outfits and be able to kick boys' butts, I think it's a really fun, make-believe world to play.
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When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'
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I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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There's a lot of buying power from the Middle East. Girls from Dubai want to be able to wear Asos, and you have people travelling all the way to the States just to go shopping.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of art and creativity.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.
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Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
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John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded.
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Never take yourself too seriously.
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
