William Lewis Trogdon (William Least Heat-Moon) Quotes
To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.
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There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after.
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Anti-Semitism has not disappeared, and European Jews have too often come under attack.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm thirty.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
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It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.
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The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy.
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I enjoy the process of composing music. The first time I hear a song, it has to bring a smile to my lips. You have to tap your feet and be able to sing the song.
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People just want to have access to all of the world's music.
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Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.
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No man can add one dollar to his bank account by worrying.
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.
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My little Pierre is now nearly five years old. He is quite a big boy. I used to wait with impatience for the time when I could take him with me and talk with him, opening his young mind, instilling into him the love of beauty and truth, and helping fashion for him so lofty a soul that the ugliness of life could not degrade it
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The more we get what we now call 'ourselves' out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become.
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To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land.
