Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
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Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
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The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her.
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I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
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The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.
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History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all.
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You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.
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What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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Someone else is going to read for me or go at my place to the mosque, and/or to tell me you shouldn't take anything from the West because the West is the enemy and so on. It is to me to decide. I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
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Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.
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I definitely feel more comfortable in my own skin since turning 40.
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If you wish women to love you, be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter, and women fell in love with him.
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I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type.
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Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
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In a sense, artificial intelligence will be the ultimate tool because it will help us build all possible tools.
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English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.
