Walker Percy Quotes
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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I have made 'start, grow and stay' a big part of my administration.
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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
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There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.
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To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction.
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Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.
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I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
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After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
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Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.
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It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.
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Only men of moral and mental force, of a patriotic regard for the relationship of the two races, can be of real service as ministers in the South. Less theology and more of human brotherhood, less declamation and more common sense and love for truth, must be the qualifications of the new ministry that shall yet save the race from the evils of false teaching.
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For some people, cigarette smoke absolutely disgusts them.
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I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment.
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It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
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The only time I see the truth is when I cross my eyes.
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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Only he who is man enough will release the woman in woman.
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I cannot understand it, after all I am only a very ordinary sort of fellow.
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Consciously cultivate the ordinary.
