Hal Borland Quotes
Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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I'm not really into weight training.
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Queen has taken the all of our time for last four or five years, you know.
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We tend to connect bad food and bad habits with romance and sex.
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I should be the Hunger Strikee.
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I don't take time off.
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Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?
