Paul Fussell Quotes
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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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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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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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It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.
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If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good.
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Genius is childhood recalled at will.
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I think that U.K. together with Europe will be stronger, and I also think Europe with U.K. will be stronger.
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Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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Fact: death too is in the egg. Fact: the body is dumb, the body is meat.And tomorrow the O.R. Only the summer was sweet.
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How old are you Johnny" she asked. Sixteen." And what's that-a boy or a man?" He laughed. "A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.
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If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.
