Garrison Keillor Quotes
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
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I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In high school, me and my friend took sign language.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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'Superman' has always been about Lois Lane, Superman and Clark Kent and this love triangle between these three people who really are only two people.
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Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors of all of us never questioned hangings, burnings, tortures, inequality, suffering and injustice that today revolt us. If we dare to presume to damn them with our fleeting ideas of morality, then we risk damnation from our descendants for whatever it is that we are doing that future history will judge as intolerable and wicked: eating meat, driving cars, appearing on TV, visiting zoos, who knows?
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Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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Gender is more of a continuum than we are willing to admit when we hit the restroom.
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They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
