Donald Heiney (MacDonald Harris) Quotes
Alcohol was for people who basically wished to be dead but lacked the courage to kill themselves.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.
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The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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I never buy what someone says is 'in' or a 'must-have.' I buy what makes me happy.
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Alcohol was for people who basically wished to be dead but lacked the courage to kill themselves.
