John Muir Quotes
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I feel that everything I do in my life I can do in a shorter time than most men can. It's the quality, not the quantity.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
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No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.
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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
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If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.
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I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.
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That's another pompous expression that is out of fashion, to say that poetry is a gift. It sounds pompous because you say, 'Who gave you the gift, and what is this gift?' And the gift is where I am; the gift is what I have come out of, the people around me who, I think, are beautiful people.
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I've always felt like an alien trapped in a human form. We all do at some time or other; for me it's a permanent state, and I'm still unsure if Earth is a penance or a reward.
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John Muir, Earth - planet, Universe niel and I
