Harry Mathews Quotes
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
Jacob Bronowski -
My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
Dan Blocker -
The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.
Sam Simon -
I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
Patricia Polacco -
Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
Abu Bakr -
The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.
Lafcadio Hearn
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
Nancy Pelosi -
When you have a celebrity who is willing to shine his personal spotlight on the non-profit and can also speak articulately about the mission, that's really the best of both worlds.
Adam Braun -
I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
Valeria Golino -
There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
Samuel Barber -
I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
T. J. Miller -
For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.
Manuel Moroun
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
Jack Nicholson -
Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.
Dan Pallotta -
Even working from nature you have to compose.
Edgar Degas -
He had seen Hyle shoot, and he had seen only one man he thought was as good ... just one. He'd seen Con Vallian down in the Bald Knob country that time, and Con was quick. He was almighty quick at a time when a man was either quick or he was dead.
Louis L'Amour -
Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.
Leonardo da Vinci -
I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice.
Dita Von Teese
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Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.
Oliver Hudson -
Before Google, and long before Facebook, Bezos had realized that the greatest value of an online company lay in the consumer data it collected.
George Packer -
I'm a crybaby.
Lupita Nyong'o -
My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.
Harry Mathews