Gail Godwin Quotes
Heroics are not easily had for the young in our times. Perhaps that is why they go to such extremes to create their own dangers.
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The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What's happening to our country?
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We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
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When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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There are just so many young designers now.
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My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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When you have a core group of young players as we do, the future looks bright.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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Go West, young man.
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One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.
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One of the defining dynamics of 2008 has been the emerging wave of new, young voters getting involved and storming the gates of the traditional political establishment.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
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Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young.
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You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.
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Heroics are not easily had for the young in our times. Perhaps that is why they go to such extremes to create their own dangers.
