William H. Gass Quotes
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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I'm just a Connecticut country boy. The people I've known, the changes of season, the call of the blue jay - when I'm away, all of them haunt me.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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The company that creates one global social graph will be very important going forward. It will be Facebook, with maybe 2-3 local social networks able to sustain competition long term.
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I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.
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And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.
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If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.
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No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.
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Vegetables deplete soil. They're extractive. If soil has a bank account, vegetables make the largest withdrawals.
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I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the time, and it's really personal to me, my Muslim beliefs, so I decided to keep it and find a way to work around it. I don't see it as a restriction or limitation - I can still be me and get into music and be an entertainer.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.
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I read a lot of detective novels.
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But simultaneously with the development of capitalist production the credit system also develops. The money-capital which the capitalist cannot as yet employ in his own business is employed by others, who pay him interest for its use.
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'Star Wars' is my favorite movie series ever. I like the old ones better than the new ones, but I like all of them.
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I had fun to be a little bit of a nerd.
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I definitely am more observational of the people around me and how they interact and less introspective about myself.
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My dad is such a good man, hard-working.
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And I am in retirement from love.
