Maira Kalman Quotes
Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Listen, we're still selling stardom. That doesn't go away because MTV decides they can't play videos or they want to program themselves more as a traditional T.V. station. Vevo and YouTube are like MTV online, and on demand.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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I always have to be writing.
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I do more than reflect and respect this country, I fight for it...the question for Canadians is 'Can we win?' Yes, we can win except when we are fighting ourselves.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
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At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.
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If I have taught my sons anything in life, it is to have integrity - to always tell the truth, and I believe they have.
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Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.
