Rebecca Solnit Quotes
Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.Rebecca Solnit
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
Salman Rushdie -
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
Carl Jung -
A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.
J. Philippe Rushton -
'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
Salman Rushdie -
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
C. Wright Mills -
Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
A. Scott Berg
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I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.'
Garret Dillahunt -
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Now we have new tools for exploring the deep and have to pull together a deep exploration program that takes advantage of them.
Edith Widder -
When in doubt, do it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I never had to look for confidence because I just wore what I wanted to wear. I would never wear anything to offend my husband or my mother, but outside of that, I always figured, I hope I'm not a rebel, and I hope everybody liked it. And if they didn't like it, it really was not going to disturb me because it was their problem, not mine.
Iris Apfel
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
Samuel Butler -
For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.
Magic Johnson -
Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it.
Ira Glass -
Even the bad things are better than they used to be. Bad music, for instance, has gotten much briefer. Wagner's Ring Cycle takes four days to perform while 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' by the Crash Test Dummies lasts little more than three minutes.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you're still the same person at the end. You're stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before.
Kylie Minogue -
We do have the power to save one another...
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981.
R. A. Salvatore -
If we are pure at heart, we would not wish one person well and not another. We should see there is no difference between one person or another. Then our pure thoughts can be evenly spread between all people. Sunshine can reflect on clean water but not on dirty water. God's light will be reflected by those persons with a pure heart.
Baba Hari Dass -
For those pure in mind, everything is pure.
Georg Feuerstein -
Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot.
Yair Lapid -
Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.
Rebecca Solnit