Joy Harjo Quotes
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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People think I am funny all the time. But I am not. I am serious, too. Also, I enjoy serious, dramatic films.
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I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.
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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
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There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We are not Sony.
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I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.
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I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
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For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.
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It is impossible to persue this nonsense any further.
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I want to be sublimely happy.
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'There was only one cadet I ever really hated. Just one name I can think of,' The Boo said. 'That'll make an interesting story for the book, Colonel. Who is the jerk?' I asked. 'It was you, Conroy. Just you. There was something about you that I hated when you first walked into fourth battalion, you worthless bum.'
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Senior academic condemns ‘deluded’ supporters of GM food as being ‘anti-science’ and ignoring evidence of dangers (4 March 2015)
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Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.
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I hope to devote all of my spare time, which ordinarily would go to research, my summers, and every ounce of strength I can muster to further the project.
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Needless to say, I love the interaction between the sexes; it is a natural part of life and I love women. I just think that when sex is used as a form of blackmail or power, it's a repugnant use of one of God's gifts.
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Sometimes, when there's too much traffic clogging up the road you need to take a different route. But following the same path as everyone else can stall your progress in reaching your investment goals too.
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True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others.
