Sean Lennon Quotes
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I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
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Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are.
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Class Day is a terrible name for a day when you don't have to go to any class.
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The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance.
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Don't be discouraged, but know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance brings character, and character brings hope, and this is a hope which will not disappoint us.
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Hopefully, he can get out of here and he can give a little guidance to the guy taking his place in the backfield.
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The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons... The lethal possibilities of atomic warfare in the future are frightening. My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children.
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The long night of human history is drawing at last to its conclusion.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
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The Holy Spirit has his own personality .He therefore moves in at will when we least expect it, and sometimes when we are least deserving of it.
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Who's to say what would have happened if I had trusted my instincts and moved to New York like I thought I would.
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There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.
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I feel like nowadays everybody I know has a smidge of geek in them. In other words, they have some odd niche or some obsessive tendencies.
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Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy.
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I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information.
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You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going to work for you no matter how young you are. So, I'm a bit of an athletic coach when it comes to trying to respect my body's needs and tendencies, and when I teach students, I try and persuade them of the same.
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My tendency is to be very experimental.
