Jack Kerouac Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing features. I was being asked to direct a show that had already won an Emmy for Best Comedy. Steve Carell and the cast had already won the Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
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The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
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Our system, for readily apparent reasons, is far superior to those in nations, mostly totalitarian, which presume an arrested person is guilty and place the burden on the accused to prove his innocence.
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I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.
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Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
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Valuation is what people are willing to pay.
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'The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first book contains all of the stories that I used in my seminars to illustrate the points that I wanted to make.
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Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
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There are some places … that the road doesn't go in a circle. There are some places where the road keeps going.
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The more unconscious individuals, groups, or nations are, the more likely it is that egoic pathology will assume the form of physical violence. Violence is a primitive but still very widespread way in which the ego attempts to assert itself, to prove itself right or another wrong. With very unconscious people, arguments can easily lead to physical violence.
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Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
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I love you much most beautiful darling more than anyone on the earth and I like you better than everything in the sky.
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There were some jobs I wanted that weren't necessarily right for me at the time. The ones I thought I'd never get, I got. As long as I am doing the best work I can possibly do at any given time, I can't do any better than that.
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My witness is the empty sky.
