William Weaks Morris (Willie Morris) Quotes
His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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Most Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I'm advocating a balanced budget. But along with that, look, there should be gay marriage equality. A woman should have the right to choose. Let's not build a fence across the border.
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.
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So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.
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I've always been a dreamer.
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The dearest things I know are what you are.
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True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.
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I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about..
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I try as much I can after every live performance to read all the comments my fans post on Facebook and Twitter, as this helps enormously for me to understand straight from fans what worked and what didn't.
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The initial plan for Rooster Teeth is really different from the initial plan for the group, because we started as a group that was making one show: 'Red vs. Blue.'
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It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.
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I think it's mental to pay for water. Where is that water coming from? Are they in the hills puttin' it into bottles when years ago it used to roll down and go into the lakes?
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Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.
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I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.
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I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.
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His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.
