Garrison Wynn Quotes
Being stupid is not as frustrating as being brilliant for 5 seconds and then average for the rest of your life
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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I won't allow magazines in the house. When I was younger, I wanted to have my hair cut like so-and-so in the class above me at school, not somebody in a magazine. You see young girls trying to dress like so-and-so because they've seen lots of pictures of them.
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I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame.
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It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.
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People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.
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I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him - he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.
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The biographical novel sets out to document this truth, for character is plot, character development is action, and character fulfillment is resolution.
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I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.
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Partir, c'est mourir un peu... mais mourir, c'est partir beaucoup.
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Prayer in private results in boldness in public.
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I would never say anything's over forever. How could you possibly know how you feel? How could you shut the door on anything?
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The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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I think in terms of content and subjects and whatever kind of production it dictates. Can I conceive of an idea that would really connect with my personal rhythms and cost a lot of money? I don't gravitate in that direction, but it is possible.
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I love college life.
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Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right?
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Football was my sport. I was fast. I was a free safety.
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I remember being a kid, and if you had to pee, well, you had to hold it until the commercial break. Then you rushed, and hopefully, if you're going to the kitchen for a snack, you'll be back before so you don't miss a line. If your sister sneezed or was talking over a line, there was no way of knowing what that line was or what the joke was.
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I don't think, in a country, you can have people thinking and feeling exactly the same.
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It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh.
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I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.
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Of all the arts poetry (which owes its origin almost entirely to genius and will least be guided by precept or example) maintains the first rank.
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In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.
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Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of your life.
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Being stupid is not as frustrating as being brilliant for 5 seconds and then average for the rest of your life
