Karl Hess Quotes
Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern right-which preaches enterprise but practices protectionism.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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I am a businessman.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy.
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I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I'll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous.
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Little things please little minds.
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
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When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
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Words are so important to us, so vital to our beings, that we sometimes take this gift of ours for granted. We shouldn’t—words are too powerful to take for granted.
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It's now or never I ain't gonna live forever I just wanna live while I'm alive It's my life
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A lot of them [Germaqn actors] could come in and we could speak for the next nine hours in English and there would be no problem. It was - but it was - English wasn't the language for them to read poetry in. And there is a - there's a poetic quality to my dialogue.
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Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning.
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I still see storytelling for men by men that is always reinforcing the male gaze.
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I dug myself a garden, and a stray cat I grew to like would come around to sulk in the corn. I forced myself to seek new love, and for a while, I thought I'd found it with a girl from my office. She was molten in my bed, but she also suffered depressions that were very dear to her. She would often call just to sigh at me for two hours on the phone, wanting me to applaud her depth of feeling. I cut if off, then missed her, wishing that I'd at least had the sense to take her naked photograph.
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Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern right-which preaches enterprise but practices protectionism.
