Wendell Berry Quotes
The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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I've been involved with great scripts and so-so leadership, and it's clear to me that leadership is the most compelling factor.
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Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God.
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There are many dying children out there whose last wish is to meet me.
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Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful.
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I really learned that you should seize the moment; you should be present in the moment.
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The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979.
