Eugene V. Debs Quotes
If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher.
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I did always think of Heinlein as a strict rationalist, although a dispassionate examination of his works doesn't support that.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.
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I have big hands – I wear either a XXXL or XXL glove. I have a 6-8 wingspan on a 5-11 body – I can dunk. My wingspan allows me to do a lot of things that other people at my height might not be able to do.
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The FCC does not have performance goals or measures to assess the specific impact of the fund or to improve the management of the program.
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I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.
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Style is besides the point. Nobody would pay attention if one always said the same thing, in the same words and the same tone of voice.
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Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.
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You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak - something you can't do on a squash court and shouldn't do in a swimming pool.
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My friends and my family are such a massive part of my life. My kids are everything.
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Each human being is bred with a unique set of potentials that yearn to be fulfilled as surely as the acorn yearns to become the oak within it.
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It's a little unsettling, to put a mud caulk on and then have nothing, but it doesn't look like it took away any of his foot.
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You can write anytime people will leave you alone and not interrupt you.
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I never thought about how important the sky was until I didn't have one.
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I've given lots of people chances. But there's only so much faith you can have in people.
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The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.
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We've been so concerned about being cool, relevant, and fun that we have forgotten to be bread, light, and life to a hungry, dark, and dying world.
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I went to department stores, and there was nothing that I really loved. All the shoes were too complicated, too crazy, too ridiculous, too extreme. The platforms were so high; the shoes were so ugly, covered in crystals and feathers and crap. I just thought, 'Maybe somebody wants a beautifully simple, sexy shoe that they can actually walk in.'
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If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher.
