Willa Cather Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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For most of her existence, Molly had not shied from a truth that most people understood but diligently suppressed: that every moment of every day, depending on the faith we embrace, each of us continues to live either by the merciful sufferance of God or at the whim of blind chance and indifferent nature.
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If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.
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Bookstore boss: to Mo The self-service kiosks have enabled us to cut down on staff, but some customers still feel the need to speak to an actual human. That's where you come in.Customer: Excuse me, do you carry Jewish New Year cards?Boss: I'm sorry, our New Years cards don't come in till November. But we'll be getting Jewish Christmas cards then, too!
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Even when other people don’t expect a lot out of you,you have to take the initiative.
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Prayers said by good people are always good prayers
