Rebecca Solnit Quotes
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I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
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A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.
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It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.
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I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
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When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.
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In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in front of the mirror with my hairbrush for as long as I want to. But when it finally comes out, it sounds avant-garde to people.
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No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
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Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.
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Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it.
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My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.
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I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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My whole life, I've been trying to make people proud.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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How can any company know if its processes, products, people are safe? Only if everyone is watching and telling the truth. The first part can be assumed; the second cannot.
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No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.
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The process of transformation consists mostly of decay.
