Arthur Mattuck Quotes
When you write a book you're not allowed to wave hands too much, but you don't even have hands to wave—you have to wave pages.
Quotes to Explore
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Funny is an attitude.
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I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.
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Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
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The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they are or where they are. They're not very well understood. You don't know what they want from you. So it's the kind of thing you don't even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that's unknown and mysterious is very scary.
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I've laid my friends bare.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.
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People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.
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I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?
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Pacifists are like sheep who believe that wolves are vegetarians.
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Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
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We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do.
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... God cometh sometimes unto the soul when it hath neither called, nor prayed unto, nor summoned Him. And He doth instil into the soul a fire and a love and a sweetness not customary, wherein it doth greatly delight and rejoice ... Thus doth the soul feel that God is mingled with it and hath made companionship with it.
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If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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I'm a fan of homeopathy, acupuncture and spiritual healing. In Australia, this is not weird, but when I arrived in the U.K., everyone thought I was a freak.
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When you write a book you're not allowed to wave hands too much, but you don't even have hands to wave—you have to wave pages.
