Vance Havner Quotes
What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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A legend - now I am like a unicorn.
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We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be.
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Why can't I make up my own characters and paint the people I want to see in the world? I'm depicting the many people who existed in history but whose presence was never documented.
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By no means do I want to be a piece of meat for the rest of my career. It's funny when you get asked to do a talk show, and then they follow it up with requesting you take your shirt off.
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I would rather be defeated than make capital out of my religion.
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What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.
