Daniel Quinn Quotes
Once you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of your culture, you’ll never stop being conscious of it. Wherever you go for the rest of your life, you’ll be tempted to say to the people around you, “how can you listen to this stuff and not recognize it for what it is?
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.
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The Journey of Reconciliation was organized not only to devise techniques for eliminating Jim Crow in travel, but also as a training ground for similar peaceful projects against discrimination in such major areas as employment and in the armed services.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.
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Because his task was not finished, I felt that I must re-dedicate myself to the completion of his work.
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I'd always said that I'd like to have a title by the next Olympics, so this is a great opportunity, and could be the start of my climb to a world title.
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Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.
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I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
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Understanding human motivation ought to be a good thing. It should help us to find out what we really want so that we can avoid chasing rainbows that are not for us. It should open up opportunities for self-development if we apply motivational principles to pursuing our goals in life.
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A garden is a place for shaping a little world of your own according to your heart's desire.
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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.
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The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.
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Once you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of your culture, you’ll never stop being conscious of it. Wherever you go for the rest of your life, you’ll be tempted to say to the people around you, “how can you listen to this stuff and not recognize it for what it is?
