Walter Truett Anderson Quotes
One challenge of growing up in the twenty-first century will be to acquire a self-definition that can encompass person and planet, socially constructed self and transcendent being, organism and machine.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.
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I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.
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It just blows me away that I am on, I don't know what generation of fans.
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But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange.
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A rap is a tweaked version of comedy, because comedy came first. People weren't spitting before they were doing comedy. Comedy has been relevant for years. It's the same art form, pretty much. Discovering that and applying it, I think that has made my stand-up better.
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A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.
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I always look at a group of people who want to attempt an enterprise greater than their means. They begin on this enterprise and they fail.
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It's pretty amazing to write under any circumstances when someone gives you an assignment to write a song, even if it doesn't get accepted. I've written songs a couple of times, some for Disney, that haven't actually ended up in their films, but then you're left with a song forever.
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I do the best I can when I'm accepting the role to say, 'This is about as much as I can do, and if that's not suitable for you, then you should hire somebody else.'
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My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view.
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Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.
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The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.
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Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing.
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A great body is a gift you give yourself
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One challenge of growing up in the twenty-first century will be to acquire a self-definition that can encompass person and planet, socially constructed self and transcendent being, organism and machine.
