Eudora Welty Quotes
How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.
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I didn't choose acting. The universe did.
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When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
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The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
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The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
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I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there and telling people what I've done.
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All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.
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I was in the canon When Absalom was slain. I was in Llys Don Before the birth of Gwydion.
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Q: If you find so much that is unworthy of reverence in the United States, then why do you live here? A: Why do men go to zoos?
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Night's darkness is a bag that bursts with the gold of the dawn.
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switch (ref $@) OverflowError => warn 'Dam needs to be drained'; DomainError => warn 'King needs to be trained'; NuclearWarError => die;
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A world without nuclear weapons may be a dream but you cannot base a sure defence on dreams. Without far greater trust and confidence between East and West than exists at present, a world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
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Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools.
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Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere.
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I work to take care of my family, not the other way around.
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With the breast-feeding, I really love the bonding. Real life is more important to me.
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What the commission that myself and Leon Panetta is trying to do is analyze this in two respects. First of all, what's the right military response and security response?
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.
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How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.
