Walker Percy Quotes
Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature?
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.
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I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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My first album was completed in three months.
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If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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EO 11110 did not order the printing of Silver Certificates. It ordered the amendment of a previous executive order so that the United States Code would authorize or 'empower' the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Silver Certificates if the occasion should arise.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.
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I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It's very unusual in Hollywood. Few people are trustworthy - a handshake means nothing to them. They feel they're required to keep an agreement with you only if you're successful or they need you.
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Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.
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I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.
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Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
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Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature?
