Eugene J. Martin Quotes
Americans are simple people with simple interests – The only time they sincerely ask “why” about anything is when they don’t receive their paychecks.
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People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change.
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When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they weren't really good. OK, let's be honest. A lot of them were crap.
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You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.
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Would a watermelon in the midst of a chase sequence not be, in its own organic way, emblematic of our entire misunderstood enterprise? At once totally logical and perfectly irrational?
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O sweet spontaneous earth how often has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty thou answereth them only with spring.
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The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
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As we are set free by that love from our own pride and fear, our own greed and arrogance, so we are free in our turn to be agents of reconciliation and hope, or healing and love.
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During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
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You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
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He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him
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Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.
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It's the combination of songs and styles the band uses that makes them so unique. They have diversity and a witty flare about them that audiences relate to.
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All they have to do is spend a little bit of money and change the mold (of the ball) and let the ball go back 30 yards. There are no such things as par-5s now really in professional golf, unless they move the tees back.
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The confidentiality and denial of access laws ... more often than not fail to serve the overall, long-term best interests of children.
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The people of Afghanistan should know that America is not their friend and that America's war and peace with all other countries are based on its own interests.
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Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea.
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Americans are simple people with simple interests – The only time they sincerely ask “why” about anything is when they don’t receive their paychecks.
