J. B. Morton Quotes
Erratum. In my article on the Price of Milk, 'Horses' should have read 'Cows' throughout.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.
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They have horses in 'Snow White?' I am lucky nothing nasty happens to horses in 'Snow White.'
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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Growing up, my favorite pass-rusher was Julius Peppers. He was just a beast.
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I've been told from the start, 'Don't fall in love with the horses'. But that's so hard. I'm in awe.
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I love horses.
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I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.
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It is not a matter of competing with someone else. Essentially, it is accepting our own special abilities as special – and then developing them.
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I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think it's crazy for 'literary fiction' to divorce itself from stories that are suspenseful, and assign anything with cops or spies or criminals to some genre ghetto.
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In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds.
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Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know.
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I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.
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I think young folks have a good sense of what they want to do.
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CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us.
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Motherhood is a dream. It really is absolutely amazing.
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The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.
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I can't wake up at all without caffeine.
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Our respect for the dead, when they are just dead, is something wonderful, and the way we show it more wonderful still. We show it with black feathers and black horses; we show it with black dresses and black heraldries; we show it with costly obelisks and sculptures of sorrow, which spoil half of our beautiful cathedrals. We show it with frightful gratings and vaults, and lids of dismal stone, in the midst of the quiet grass; and last, and not least, we show it by permitting ourselves to tell any number of falsehoods we think amiable or credible in the epitaph.
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Jesus said "love," "forgive," have "compassion" and "don't judge." Buddha said "observe," "be silent," and "serve."
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The Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and others, exactly. We have to take a close look at their tax regimes, particularly if we want to move forward with European integration. We can't have a situation in which some EU member states enrich themselves at the expense of their partners.
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Medicine involves dealing with people who are going through changes and cycles, often people trapped in bodies that are going out from under them. Spending time with them lets you think their way, gives you insights as a writer.
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Erratum. In my article on the Price of Milk, 'Horses' should have read 'Cows' throughout.
