Walter Bargen Quotes
Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all.
Quotes to Explore
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There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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I'm proud to be part of the resistance.
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That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and then people can take away a completely different meaning for themselves. I really love that. I think you've been successful at writing a song when it has a larger life than yourself.
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The most promising ideas begin from novelty and then add familiarity.
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I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners- two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.
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People always say 'Don't you support the troops?' But the troops are an entity that just follows orders. It's not about individuals or people. So when I say 'I don't support the troops', I'm saying I don't support the bankers and politicians who are making them do what they do.
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If there are any who believe that immigrants to this country, most of whom have already become British citizens, could be forcibly deported because they are coloured people...then that I must repudiate, absolutely and completely.
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At some point in the past, this person was (arguably) your best friend.
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Toni: Mamá... MAMÁ! I'm paying peak long-distance rates here. Could you save the Hail Marys until we hang up?
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I don't regret being topless in certain things, but there were some things in 'EastEnders' where there was no reason for me to be topless.
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Marriage is a great institution.
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We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it.
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Augusta is a very unique golf course. It's a long hitters' course; main reason is because the greens are so severe, and the areas where they put the pin is such a small area. The little plateaus and undulations mean it's incredibly important to be close to that pin so you can be aggressive.
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I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.
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I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself was really the first to look for. He didn't find it, but we think we're hot on the trail.
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A lot of people got lost in Hollywood while trying to become a star. They lost themselves.
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In my cosmology, indigenous wild deer are more important than exotic ornamental shrubs.
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After my second marriage failed... I said, 'You know, could I have a relationship with a man? A loving relationship with a man that would involve intimacy?' For a while, before I did get into a relationship, I saw, for a few years, either women or men. And I found that I could be attracted to both.
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I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to afford an apartment somewhere.
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He wanted to ask her how many men had fallen in love with her. But she wasn’t the kind of woman who let you ask that question.
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China is a sleeping giant if you just take a look at their experience regarding all kinds of sport, not football though, and the number of people that love sports. Chinese are eager to hit new shores and they are ambitious.
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A good threat is worth a thousand tests.
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Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all.
