Bennett Madison Quotes
We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.
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When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, and - do we dare breathe the name - William Faulkner.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.
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My life was made easy - I lived in a village, and by writing for some newspapers and magazines, had enough to live on. I was happy to be there and write.
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So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret over here.
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Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we expect from music.
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You've got to stop going back and forth. You've got to make up your mind.
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You know a moment is important when it is making your mind go numb with beauty.
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We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend.
