Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey) Quotes
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
Barbara Cook -
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
Taisen Deshimaru -
Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
Octavio Paz -
Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
Karolina Kurkova -
I don't think good and evil are polarized.
Sam Mendes -
I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
Abraham Lincoln
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
Abraham Maslow -
If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
Pat Garrett -
I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
Ian Hacking -
Food is my favourite thing in the world. I always say if I ate what I actually wanted to eat I'd be in one of those electronic scooters because I'd be too big.
Sam Smith -
The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
Gary Weiss -
In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
Vince McMahon
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
Jack Nicklaus -
I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
Abigail Washburn -
When in doubt, do it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe.
Nancy Gibbs -
It's a cliche, and in a way it's a conservative idea about fiction, but I did learn the hard way that plot does need to dictate the story.
Rachel Kushner -
I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
Mamie Van Doren
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There's a preponderance of scientists and engineers among China's rulers. New President Xi Jinping was trained as a chemical engineer. His predecessor, Hu Jintao, earned a degree in hydraulic engineering. His predecessor, Jiang Zemin, held a degree in electrical engineering.
Ramez Naam -
There seemed nothing to do but live.
J. M. Coetzee -
I always just wanted to write and maybe direct. I'm really only interested in that. And yet the business that I'm in has forced me into being a salesman - that's the last thing that 17-year-old me would imagine I'd end up being. I'm uncomfortable trying to sell anything, but that's what you're doing every time you walk into a pitch.
Rob Thomas Matchbox Twenty -
The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.
R. C. Sproul -
I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.
Amber Heard -
Art tells gorgeous lies that come true.
Peter Lamborn Wilson