Harry Mathews Quotes
It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the readers opportunities to follow it at every step.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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No one is born hating others.
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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
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The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!
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I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.
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We want to just make music that impacts people - we don't really care about the rest.
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I have a Dominique Wilkins Hawks jersey that I still wear. That's probably my favorite one. What's funny is that I spend all this time collecting jerseys, and now people are out there collecting mine.
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One can not be just if one is not humane.
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To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.
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Go for Dr. Bowen as soon as you can. I think father is hurt.
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Reading was and still is my real joy.
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I lose anywhere up to 20 pounds on location with adventurers like Conrad Anker or Brady Robinson. So I need to replace that lost weight and muscle by training hard when I am back in the States between jobs. And as I get older, it is far more important for me to be doing this and taking my conditioning seriously.
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If you start out trying to achieve a specific thing - like doing stadium shows or going into the studio and doing an album - the end result is what counts.
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I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.
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Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety.
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I always knew that was what I wanted to do - to write, particularly poetry.
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Every corporeal substance, so far forth as it is corporeal, has a natural fitness for resting in every place where it may be situated by itself beyond the sphere of influence of a body cognate with it.
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I have always felt my role was to do anything I could to enable the powerless to speak. I want America to hear these voices because they are beautiful voices.
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Change is rarely comfortable.
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If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.
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Unfortunately, a lot people still don't understand queer culture.
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The conqueror and king in each of us is the . . . Knower of truth. . . . Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.
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It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the readers opportunities to follow it at every step.
