Garrison Keillor Quotes
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message.
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Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.
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Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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Mountaineering is one of the most difficult sports - we are away from routine life for days, living in tents, and it requires high degree of physical and mental strength.
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To me, God is the accumulated wisdom I've gathered throughout my life. When I pay attention, my body gives me a printout of this wisdom.
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A lot of scripts that I was given I didn't feel were right for me, because I didn't feel anything for them - I didn't feel like I was going to change in life and start directing.
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Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film.
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When free discussion is denied, hardening of the arteries of democracy has set in, free institutions are but a lifeless form, and the death of the republic is at hand.
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Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
