William Stringfellow Quotes
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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When you go to Best Buy and see a DVD of your movie, you think it's amazing. But then there's a whole other world that comes with it. It's a very small percent that's difficult, stalker-like, or annoying. Most people are just so gracious and so nice. As cheesy as it sounds, that's the thing that really keeps you going.
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Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
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It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had them. My parents were not getting along. My mother was quite intolerant of friendships that were being developed.
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She had been dressed in her sky-blue gown and had been suddenly almost terrible in her completeness-so different from the ragged serving girl who had slept on his shoulder. And yet, the very same girl had been inside that blue dress.
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I've worked for everything I have, but I want have everything that I worked for. I want to have what I can get.
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Aurora had but newly chased the night,And purpled o'er the sky with blushing light.
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What's cool about Matador is that everyone I've met there is just so chill and really into what they're doing. Everyone that works there, there's just such a lack of ego, and there's such a commitment to what they're doing. They all like each other.
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Not the spectacular things are the important things - the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future.
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I can't stand Bob Dylan.
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We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us.
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I miss the simplicity of college, with specific due dates, a consistent schedule, and a solid routine.
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Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility.
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I feel so much better at 170, man.
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Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants.
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I'm always writing across the same themes. But with short stories, I'm doing something different than with novels. In some ways, they're coming from a much deeper place.
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The train skimmed on softly, slithering, black pennants fluttering, black confetti lost on its own sick-sweet candy wind, down the hill, with the two boys pursuing, the air was so cold they ate ice cream with each breath.
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My mom keeps khabar of everything, so I don't feel lonely.
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Where money is an idol, to be poor is a sin.
