Dan Fante Quotes
I think we create our own reality by the thoughts we have. Recovery for me has been learning how to choose my thoughts, learning how to listen to my thinking and not choose the negativity. I don't have fights with people in supermarkets anymore. I honestly thought for years that my rage was who I was, that people who didn't think the way I thought were lying to themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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In 2009, I traveled to South Sudan with my organization PSI. While there, I visited a local school and met with a group of children who had formed a water club. The group learned about how to treat their drinking water and use proper hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating or after going to the bathroom.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
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I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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I used to spend a lot of time alone as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my room, and I thought to myself, I'm either going to go absolutely nuts, or I'm going to find something to put that energy into.
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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
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You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time.
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The function of the university is not simply to teach bread-winning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment which forms the secret of civilization.
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Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
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I have not long to live. I have lasted more than a man’s average allotted span, and while I still am hale and hearty, I know full well the hand of time, while it may miss a man at one reaping, will get him at the next.
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I've wanted to write good pop music, beautiful pop music - not just throwaways. I've always wanted to make it sound luscious and beautiful and cinematic.
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I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.
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Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.
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There's soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things... We don't need to create them.
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I used to do films for money earlier. I never knew what perception meant. I didn't give too much attention to scripts. It was either to buy a house or to buy a car. There was a certain frivolity to the way I used to pick up things. I wasn't taking my career seriously.
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I think we create our own reality by the thoughts we have. Recovery for me has been learning how to choose my thoughts, learning how to listen to my thinking and not choose the negativity. I don't have fights with people in supermarkets anymore. I honestly thought for years that my rage was who I was, that people who didn't think the way I thought were lying to themselves.
