Walter Hagen Quotes
You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Quotes to Explore
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In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.
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The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.
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We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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After a decade in public life working to stop Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, I cannot support a deal giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief - in return for letting it maintain an advanced nuclear program and the infrastructure of a threshold nuclear state.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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Where there is love there is life.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
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But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.
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The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.
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When you’re sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound.
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Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.
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I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids.
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Children in school are not students, they are pupils. It is typical of certain kinds of politicians that they should regard children as adults, the better subsequently, and consequently, to regard adults as children.
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I hate it when people say, "Oh, women are just jealous." I'm not jealous, but I do beat myself up about what I haven't accomplished in my own life yet - and when you meet a woman who has accomplished what you expect to achieve, and she's also dating your ex, of course it's hard!
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.