Walker Percy Quotes
Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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I tell young actors to do anything that will sustain them.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation.
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What is a farm but a mute gospel?
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I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself!
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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The inventory goes down the elevator every night.
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We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.
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Philadelphia loves its team, and being able to win a World Series for the city, fans, players and our Phillies organization meant so much to me.
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Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.
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I wish we could get a national buddy network going. It would be a great thing for the American people.
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I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping and I would play these repeated patterns for hours and hours and I wouldn't seem to get tired.
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To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.
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Writing, for me, is very inspiration-dependent. And inspiration can be a jerk.
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Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
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Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?
