Sebastian Junger Quotes
People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.
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I'm pretty casual, but I'm starting to obsess a little bit; like, one of my favorite things to do is to pair really feminine accessories with edgier outfits or vice versa.
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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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I'm a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means.
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I love festivals in that people seem to let their hair down more. I love that people run from stage to stage. I love going as a performer because you get to see band that you wouldn't necessarily go see.
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I was filled with hate and anger. But during my trial, something decisive happened: Amnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and it was an unbelievable feeling to know that there is someone fighting for you on the outside. Amnesty's 'soft' approach made me seriously consider alternatives to revenge.
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Spector is a good guy, but he's a nut. Ha, ha, ha! You know, I love him, but he's unpredictable. He's OK as long as he don't drink.
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Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is. We as MC's criticize each other. That's the nature of hip-hop.
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I have role models, but I take the attributes of the people that I admire, and I use them to create my best self.
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As you get older, as you become more sensitive, feel more, it becomes harder to make jokes. You censor yourself.
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Nature’s constantly screaming with all its shapes and scents: love each other! Love each other! Do as the flowers. There’s only love.
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People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing.
