Walter Inglis Anderson Quotes
Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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A lot of people are crazy, cruel and negative. They got a little too much time on their hands to discuss everybody else. I have a limited amount of energy to blow in a day. I'd rather read something that I like or watch a program I enjoy or ride my damn motorcycle or throw back a couple of shots of tequila with my friends.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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I've always believed in a higher power. You can call it God, you can call it Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, Allah, I don't care. I really believe we are all a part of God.
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I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.
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Living with very limited expectations is a much more immediate way of living. You really do just make the best of everything you have. I guess kids have that ability; they wait in joyful anticipation of something rather than that sense of entitlement.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.
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Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.
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There are a lot of people who I look up to. I like what Ricky Gervais does, I also like Ron Howard. It's probably never going to happen, but if I had to pick a couple people, those are two.
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I love playing these characters that are crazy tough, though. Because I am not in real life. Not at all.
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One of the enduring pathologies of human culture is the tendency to raise children to fear and demonize other human beings on the basis of religious faith.
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
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Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.
