Dan Hill Quotes
Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
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I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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You reach a point where you don't work for money.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Part of why history is so important in my life is because it brings you an awareness that everything isn't new. It gives context to what's happening right now. History is cyclical but circumstances and technology change. So when social justice topics come up, they're not new. They're just being covered more. We have more ways to record it now.
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Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her.
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Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead.
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Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
