Steven Millhauser Quotes
Perhaps sound is only an insanity of silence, a mad gibber of empty space grown fearful of listening to itself and hearing nothing.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
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If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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I have over 2 million followers now on Google Plus.
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There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views other than their own should not even be discussed. I find that frustrating. There is no intellectual progress without considering lots and lots of different views.
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My whole thing is feel free to hate me – I so don't care if you hate me, but meet me, and listen to my record, and know me before you hate me.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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I don't see myself in the political realm.
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We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.
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A couple of games, I played up front when Diego Costa was not there. We know to create movement - not even to get the ball, but create space for others. Now I understand football is not always with the ball at my feet.
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I'm kind of a jock. I sail, I ride a bike, I hike, I pump iron. I just love to be active.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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My driving force is spirituality.
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We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.
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Vintage rock T-shirts are the best. I have about 50 or 60, most bought on eBay for a few pounds. You can always tell which ones are genuine because there'll be lots of pictures showing you the holes.
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We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives.
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Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is.
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I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet.
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I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really.
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I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much.
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Perhaps sound is only an insanity of silence, a mad gibber of empty space grown fearful of listening to itself and hearing nothing.
