Archibald Rutledge Quotes
The turkey's eyes are such that he can see a bumblebee turn a somersault on the verge of the horizon.
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This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.
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I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.
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I have to clean my room and unload the dishwasher, wash the pans, and feed the dogs.
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You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.
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To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.
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'Do you love him?' Maura asked curiously.'I'd rather not,' Blue replied.'He has lots of negative qualities I can help you hone in on,' her mother offered.'I'm already aware of them. Infinitely.'
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You can't be wise and in love at the same time.
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It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi.
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The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.
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We have to be concerned about future obligations.
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The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
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A freak is basically anyone who needs fantasy, degradation, or punishment in order to achieve his interpretation of erotic gratification.
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There are three things in the world that he held in the smallest esteem - slugs, poets and caddies with hiccups.
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Acting alone in a world that's alive in political stirring is to condemn oneself to isolation and probably protracted warfare of the kind that can be dissipating.
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I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. I mean if you can get a whole room full of drunk, stoned people to actually wake up and think, you're doing something.
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The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.
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I did not start hunting until later in life. When I was a kid growing up in Pennsylvania, my dad worked at a steel mill, and we didn't have the means to buy guns or take off and go hunting. But I loved being outdoors. I built tree stands and ground blinds in the woods and pretended that I was hunting.
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That distant day had a significance I could not give it then. So we wheeled and came back south towards the city. The Temple of Heaven slipped by underneath, that perfect pattern in its ample park. Then the wide plain ruled to the far horizon. Soon the aerodrome.
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I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard.
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The turkey's eyes are such that he can see a bumblebee turn a somersault on the verge of the horizon.
