Stewart Udall (Stewart Lee Udall) Quotes
Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.
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We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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Nothing exists except through language.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.
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The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter.
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I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe.
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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When I grow up I would like to be an artist in France.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I was not on social media for a really long time because I was afraid of being seen.
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Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.
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Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.
