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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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.
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When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.
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The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning.
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Science and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't work out too well.
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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.
