Walker Percy Quotes
Whenever I feel bad, I go to the library and read controversial periodicals. Though I do not know whether I am a liberal or a conservative, I am nevertheless enlivened by the hatred which one bears the other. In fact, this hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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I've directed independent film.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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I am not an image. I am a human being.
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i'm in a muddle about a lot of things -- i've just discovered that i've a mind, and i'm starting to read" "read what?" "everything. i have to pick and choose, of course, but mostly things that make me think.
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Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it.
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Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
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I love irony.
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Whenever I feel bad, I go to the library and read controversial periodicals. Though I do not know whether I am a liberal or a conservative, I am nevertheless enlivened by the hatred which one bears the other. In fact, this hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world.
