William Lewis Trogdon (William Least Heat-Moon) Quotes
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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When I see things in the world that leap out at me, I want to make use of them in fiction. Maybe every writer does that. It just depends on what you claim or appropriate as yours.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success.
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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Frexit will be a part of my policy.
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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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It would take them three days to tape a thirty minute show, and you just got so worn out, you did it however they wanted, just to get it over with.
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Jurists say that a capital crime submerges all lesser crimes; and so it is with faith. Its absurdity makes all petty difficultiesvanish.
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At the beginning we learn to travel, then we travel to learn.
