Wendell Berry Quotes
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.
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As Trotsky didn't exactly say, you may not be interested in electronic snoops, but snoops are interested in you, whether or not you keep Coke's secret recipe on your iPhone.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.
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I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special.
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It is now clear that major irregularities did not occur.
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When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.
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Broadening and deepening the relationship with our users and advertisers have always been our strategic priority.
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Maybe the universe doesn’t approve of places like New York.
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I have no patience for anybody that doubts me, none at all.
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We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.
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Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear warhead designs.
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I've been surfing several times, and I'm terrible at it. But what I found was that you're usually waiting on the board, hanging out, watching the waves come in. And one that you think is a big wave is not actually one.
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Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
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He used to believe good things happened in this kind of weather.
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I did a co-authored book not so long ago that was an American historical romance set at the turn of the century. I'm fascinated by that period in time and would love to do more.
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Whenever someone asks me about fantasy versus realism, I'm like, "I don't know, guys. Did we not all just descend into some underworld, watch strangers from our past kaleidoscope through us according to some pattern that is both illogical and has its own strange melting truth, and then wake up and have a Pop-Tart?" Why are we talking about fantasy and reality like they're opposed?
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The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly.
