Rebecca Solnit Quotes
Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.
Quotes to Explore
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.
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Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
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I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.
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I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
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Mac continued to write scathing commentary on assorted hypocrisies in high places and low, without which hypocrisies, he cheerfully conceded, civilized life would be impossible.
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After I took up etchings c. 1915, my paintings seemed to crystallize.
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The State of Israel is a national home for the entire Jewish people and it is clear to me that there is no dispute between any party or Zionist movement, while the nation-state law was originally intended to reinforce this principle, the most recent amendments to it are of great concern because they drive a wedge between Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora.
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I don't have muscle tone. I'm just flab. I'm not a daredevil. I don't like pain, I don't like cold, I don't want to feel exhausted. But the sense of accomplishment is something I've never felt before, in a physical sense.
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You'd just die if you put your head to the grindstone.
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I want to keep working, I want to keep doing my humanitarian stuff around the world, shining light on different places that have problems. Keep making movies, make people laugh.
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I was obsessed with Nancy Drew growing up - I couldn't get enough.
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Peace in this life is based upon faith and testimony. We can all find hope from our personal prayers and gain comfort from the scriptures. Priesthood blessings lift us and sustain us. Hope also comes from direct personal revelation, to which we are entitled if we are worthy.
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Mars does not have an atmosphere and does not have a magnetic field today, so the planet doesn't have the protection from radiation that our atmosphere and magnetic fields provide us on Earth.
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Today I am announcing my support for Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States of America.
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The orbs have probably sold better through catalogs because they can be categorized unlike at most stores.
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I have been suffering for so long and didn't even recognize it. I just stopped doing so many things that I used to love to do due to my pain.
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Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.
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The only way to treat the common cold is with contempt.
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Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.
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Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.
