Wendell Berry Quotes
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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While I love musical theater, it wasn't the right fit for me. It's so competitive, and I was at such a disadvantage, having started performing when I was 17.
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I sang the songs in 'The Doors'.
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People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
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We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.
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Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.
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What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it's because that's what's inside.
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I wasn't allowed to watch regular television when I was growing up, only PBS, so I watched 'Masterpiece Theatre' and a lot of Jane Austen. I loved stories where the girl is attracted to a man and it looks like it's not going to work out.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
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They're likely to win, because the courts are increasingly interpreting advertising speech as something that's covered by the First Amendment.
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Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help.
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To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart.
