Steve Erickson Quotes
I'm not sure there's a difference between books that affected the way I see the world and books that influenced me as a writer.
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To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.
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I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.
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In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.
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To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.
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While studying at Barcelona, Ignatius was in doubt whether, after completing his studies, he should enter some Religious Order, or go from place to place, according to his custom. He decided to enter upon the religious life.
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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
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The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.
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We the voice of the young world. We the voice of the people.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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The interpretation of dreams is a great art.
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I went to Coachella once, and it was only to go see Leonard Cohen. I got in the car and sat through all the crazy traffic in L.A. to get there - instead of a two hour drive, it takes, like, six hours. Then I watched his set and turned around and left. I just so wanted to see him perform in the desert.
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What? Are you still pretending you are separate from the Beloved?
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Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About twice a year I sell a story. It is acclaimed. I am a genius in the making. Thank God for this Negro literary renaissance. Long may it flourish
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I'm not sure there's a difference between books that affected the way I see the world and books that influenced me as a writer.
