Willa Cather Quotes
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I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'
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I don't want to get rich - just live good.
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Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.
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I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession that doesn't appeal to me. Once I reach 80 percent level I like to go off and do something totally different; that probably explains the diversity of the Patagonia product like - and why our versatile, multifaceted clothes are the most successful.
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That was FedEx Field the way I sure remember it, ... We needed everything we could get today to win this game.'
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I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.
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My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!
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Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!
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I've always loved working, doing interviews with the guys on the 'Today' show; everyone's really easygoing, and I always feel comfortable on the show.
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If each of my words were a drop of water, you would see through them and glimpse what I feel: gratitude, acknowledgement.
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One of these suburbs is actually named Stalingrad, which goes to show that the French have learned nothing about politics since they guillotined all the smart people in 1793.
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Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.
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I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front door. You might find it hard to believe, but I am bone-idle lazy.
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"You write something in advance of when it happens or when it’s pertinent. I always say it’s like a postcard from the future."
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Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. I found it one of the hardest things to learn. But it is only after a stock operator has firmly grasped this that he can make big money.
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I had killed a big snake. I was now a big fellow.
