Garrison Keillor Quotes
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.
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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.
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Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off... we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.
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I'm totally a geek.
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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Like Hillary Clinton, I, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike Mrs. Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I've learned never say never.
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Reading is power. Reading is life.
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I've been asked to do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' and I do get asked to do all sorts of things like that - but I don't want to put my career on hold. I'd have to take three weeks off to do something like that. Maybe it's something I'd think about after it's all ended.
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It's pretty much run by everybody. We're very involved in everything that goes on. We always have been.
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When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
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I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story that we haven't seen before. I would love to do that! I would love to play Diana Ross 'cause she's an icon. I'm salivating to do that.
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I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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I think all of us are looking at the future with yesterday's eyes.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
