Josiah Warren Quotes
It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or of remedying it.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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I'd like to work with horses, but it doesn't pay very well. Maybe I'd like to go somewhere in the Middle East because they keep buying really nice horses for their Olympic teams - like, the Qataris.
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age.
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Thanks to the comic book publishers. Batman and Captain Marvel were responsible for my learning to read at least a year before I showed up at school. They got me interested in writing. Started my first novel at about eight. The title: 'The Canals of Mars.'
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There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.
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I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.
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I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.
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Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it's past already.
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I can never say what I want to say, it's been like this for a while now. I try to say something but all I get are wrong words - the wrong words or the exact opposite words from what I mean. I try to correct myself, and that only makes it worse. I lose track of what I was trying to say to begin with. It's like I'm split in two and playing tag with myself. One half is chasing this big, fat post. The other me has the right words, but this can't catch her.
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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
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My parents are apolitical - no bumper stickers, no yard signs. They don't talk about politics.
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It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or of remedying it.
