Paul Fussell Quotes
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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Actors don't have real value.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.
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Knowing one thing well empowers you and gives you a set of tricks to the trade that you can apply across the board. Go deep, and it will serve you when you make your choices about where you want to leave your mark.
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I'd follow Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson anywhere.
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If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.
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Men lie all the time.
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Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it's a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of time eating sweets on TV - cake, cupcakes, donuts, and pudding. It's a dream job, but at the same time there will be days where I wake up knowing I will eat 15 desserts!
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My own death threats have declined considerably.
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After divorce, women’s biggest fear is economic deprivation; men’s biggest fear is emotional deprivation.
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The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.
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Naqi suspected that the ability to turn drunkenness on and off like a switch must be one of the most hallowed of diplomatic skills.
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Writers have a reputation for being distracted. That's because writers are distracted. They are always tuned into that other voice, the one in their head that rarely turns off.
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All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall.
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I always wear high heels - I simply feel naked without them.
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To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world.
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A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
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If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.
