Sebastian Junger Quotes
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.
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We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
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I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.
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I didn't like playing with dolls; I didn't like getting dressed up. A lot of my friends and people I went to school with were into fashion and their clothes, so I lacked a bit of self-belief and confidence... I wasn't really comfortable.
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When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.
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I'm focused on staying as healthy as I can so I can work more.
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I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.
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I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
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I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually in the story when you're acting.
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I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.
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I listen to a lot of choral stuff at home, but I'm also liking Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Tom Odell and Wretch 32.
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Coming from Australia and playing rugby, you just think that soccer is a bit soft, but I'll tell you what - it's not. It's rough as guts. It's great.
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KRS One and LL Cool J are the biggest influences in my rap career, along with Heavy D.
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I buy clothes that have repeat value.
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Against what should fire be opened? Against the obstacles which may delay the march of infantry. The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.
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I became one of the stately homos of England.
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No art is superior to another one, but every art looks for expertise and perfection. This is life, which continues; this is why there is no death. There is continuation. There is no silence. There is a continuation of thought.
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In monarchy the crime of treason may admit of being pardoned or lightly punished, but the man who dares rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.
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Even there, in the mines, underground, I may find a human heart in another convict and murderer by my side, and I may make friends with him, for even there one may live and love and suffer. One may thaw and revive a frozen heart in that convict, one may wait upon him for years, and at last bring up from the dark depths a lofty soul, a feeling, suffering creature; one may bring forth an angel, create a hero! There are so many of them, hundreds of them, and we are all to blame for them. [...] If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground.
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I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.
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Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.
