Garrison Keillor Quotes
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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There is no reason to suppose that taste is in any way a lower sense than the other four; a fine palate is as much a gift as an eye that discerns beauty or an ear that appreciates and enjoys subtle harmonies of sound, and we are quite right to value the pleasures that all our senses give us and educate their perceptions.
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A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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Love, and do what you like.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Weight gain can happen at any point in time, and it is something that you are dealing with anyway, and it is OK. It is ridiculous to have this dictate your very being because I have always said that it is not the outside that defines who you are.
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I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.
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I really loved 'Fast Five.' I thought it was a brilliant movie. I thought it was so well done, well directed. The action sequences were really well thought out. It looked fantastic.
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While science has nothing of value to say on the great and aching questions of life, death, love, and meaning, what the religious traditions of mankind have said forms a coherent body of thought... There is recompense for suffering. A principle beyond selfishness is at work in the cosmos. All will be well. I do not know whether any of this is true. I am certain that the scientific community does not know that it is false.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
