George H. Smith Quotes
Atheism is the absence of a belief in a god, nothing more. If the theist wishes to draw monumental implications from this lack of belief, he must argue for his claims.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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In a lot of places in the United States and certainly even more places around the world, the image of the cowboy has become, for some people, a negative one. The word 'cowboy' implies a strong, stubborn individual whose individualism depends on pulling down other people's individualism.
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I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.
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Everything is going to the beat - It's the beat generation, it be-at, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like oldtime lowdown and like in ancient civilizations the slave boatmen rowing galleys to a beat and servants spinning pottery to a beat...
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Time is our enemy here. This small amount of time that we have here this week is the start of putting this team together. These guys have to find a way to come together and it starts here.
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I will fly around the world doing good for the environment.
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Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.
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I believe that any single dream contains the essential message about our existence.
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Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired
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There is a line from the Marina Tsvetaeva poem I'm so fond of: "In this most Christian of worlds/ All poets are Jews." What she means is that writers and artists are outside the normal flow of daily life, the normal flow of society in general.
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Tragedy is dead! Poetry itself died with it! Away, away with you, puny, stunted imitators! Away with you to Hades, and eat your fill of the old masters' crumbs!
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They have that inner knowledge that (makes them) capable of going in, being tired and making the game come to them, how they want to play the game.
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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician.
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Atheism is the absence of a belief in a god, nothing more. If the theist wishes to draw monumental implications from this lack of belief, he must argue for his claims.
