Walker Percy Quotes
A novel is what you call something that won't sell if you call it poems or short stories.
Quotes to Explore
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.
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God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy.
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I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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McGregor is a businessman through and through. He's obviously a wrestling fan.
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My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there.
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You need to have time to really hear God.
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One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.
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The information revolution has changed wealth. Intellectual capital is far more important than money.
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I think I need to continue to think and plan and marry all of the different things that we could do that make transportation in space from the earth to the space station, from the earth to the moon to space stations around the moon to visiting an asteroid.
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Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion; and if over a long time he habitually listens to music that rouses ignoble passions, his whole character will be shaped to an ignoble form.
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Politics in Bolivia must combine social consciousness with professional competency. In my administration, intellectuals from the upper class can be cabinet ministers or ambassadors, as can members of Indian ethnic groups.
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I get inspiration from literally everything and anything. I take inspiration from people, relationships, stories, and I take inspiration from movies I see, books I read and songs I hear.
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A novel is what you call something that won't sell if you call it poems or short stories.
