Walker Percy Quotes
Suppose you ask God for a miracle and God says yes, very well. How do you live the rest of your life?
Quotes to Explore
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.
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Only silence perfects silence.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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You often see in Washington those who disagree you described as stupid or evil. It's one of the most unfortunate trends of modern political discourse. Portraying opponents as too dumb to know the truth but smart enough and wanting people to suffer.
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I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.
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The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
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A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It's about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role.
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We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric.
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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
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I love sitting at my desk and facing a quiet day with a pen in my hand, and putting myself into a story. It's kind of weird, isn't it? I mean, to absent myself from real life and make up stories is strange, but I started doing this when I was ten years old. It was all I wanted to do.
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Then we'll find a way to work through all this together because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
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If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I'd panic, I'd be scared.
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Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
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Suppose you ask God for a miracle and God says yes, very well. How do you live the rest of your life?
