Ernst Junger Quotes
Keeping a journal: The short entries are often as dry as instant tea. Writing them down is like pouring hot water over them to release their aroma.

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In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
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I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.
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I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
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Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.
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Like I always tell people, I don't pander to any audience, but you have to play to your audience.
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'When will they fight?' I asked.'Tomorrow. Daybreak. It is man’s work.'I laughed. 'I too have fought and killed, Kotta. It is the work of fools, not men.'
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Lyrically, I could be so much sharper. Melodically, I could be so much stickier. Musically, I could have so much more texture. So I'm constantly doing that, trying to find new ways to mix things up.
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Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical.
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When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.
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Academic experts may not be good at doing what they are experts in themselves, but they are good at explaining the subject matter to others. They write books, teach courses and offer lessons and give steps others can follow.
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The music is something outside myself that's also inside myself... Music and a sense of another presence always went hand in hand. Even when I was three, I would improvise music, and my maternal grandfather would act as an audience and used to applaud. I would imitate things like thunder and rain.
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Keeping a journal: The short entries are often as dry as instant tea. Writing them down is like pouring hot water over them to release their aroma.