Willa Cather Quotes
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When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.
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The reason our games generate so much revenue is because we're stupid enough to charge $60 for a box or $50 for a download or something. You need used games because most people can't afford those prices.
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You look at the NBA: there's all these young kids that are drafted on potential. They go to bad teams, they're in bad locker rooms, and now we got this analytics stuff that doesn't teach kids how to play. We've got these workout coaches that don't teach kids how to play basketball.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.
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I think stupid people are surprised that I'm Australian. It's a small-minded; we live in a global community, but I suppose some people still are small-minded.
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'You're stupid,' is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
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I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that was only because I didn't want people to write me off for what I can do. When I got into my 20s, I decided that was stupid.
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With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.
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I don't really mind not being a part of a film - because if there is no part for me, I will never force myself upon a film. I feel like it's just a distraction. If it is not organically incorporated into the story, it just feels like a stupid appearance, like a sort of wink. I hate that.
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I think making friends is not being afraid to look stupid, because everyone wants a friend who is willing to be stupid and fun. If you try and be too cool, it only works in high school. After that, being uncool is a very cool thing to do. So just have fun, and don't worry what other people think of you and people will want to be your friends.
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Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
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If I can make a dollar, I certainly am not stupid.
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The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.
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My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.
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God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.
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I looked at my parents when I was 17, and I said, 'I'm moving to L.A.'
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The deductive reasons for a course of action usually follow rather than precede the course of action. Thought follows life.
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Industrialization created the 'Father’s Catch-22': a dad loving his children by being away from the love of his children.
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Only the stupid and the phlegmatic should teach.
