Joshua Ferris Quotes
We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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Even though I resigned as Papandreou's adviser early in 2006 and turned into his government's staunchest critic during his mishandling of the post-2009 Greek implosion, my public interventions in the debate on Greece and Europe have carried no whiff of Marxism.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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If Clinton is elected or if Trump is going to get elected, I think the polarization in Congress will be greater than ever. Nothing is going to get done. It is going to be so ugly, so partisan, so back-biting. Well what if you elect a couple of Libertarians?
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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.
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Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.
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Sometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequacy of his excuses reverberate on the air, he became ashamed and backtracked.
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I feel that by writing I am doing what is far more necessary than anything else.
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It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.
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We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don't have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to have, to satisfy human greed.
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Children have as much mind to shew that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.
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We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.
