Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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I've never been bored in my life, man. I've never been bored or lonely. Are you kidding? No way! I'm an orchestrator, a musician, a producer. I love everything. I've studied languages from Farsi to Greek to French, Swedish, Russian... How can you get bored?
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I want to get into movies, not just TV series.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.
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Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.
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In his enigmatic and cunning story 'The Crown of Feathers,' Isaac Bashevis Singer refuses to produce uncontradictory evidence of God's will but rather mixes all signals, jams the evidence, stalls every conclusion.
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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
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Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.
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I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?
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In the name of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, we cannot accept that the rights of individuals (Arab or Muslim) be trampled upon, or that populations are targeted and discriminated against in the name of the war against terrorism.
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Ladies and gentlemen, communism didn't fall. It was pushed.
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I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra.
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Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.
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It's fascinating to be in a place where no one has ever heard of me.
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It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that were going to inform the future. Africa Express is an attempt to engage that power outside Africa, and for everyone to benefit from it.
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The entertainment industry and my place in it is a place where you burn brightly for as long as you can.
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The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South.
