George L. Carlson Quotes
Working outdoors or from life puts you in direct contact with the life force, not just the light and the landscape, but also the vitality of the world around you.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.
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When I started wrestling, I started only to get in shape. I found out that a wrestling school had opened in Ireland, and I wanted to go because I was hanging out with the wrong crowd and I wanted to turn my life around.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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You know you are an artist if you appreciate beauty.
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And I missed it by two feet. It makes me understand and appreciate what the ball does do on its way into the plate.
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Why work? The gods are there to lavish upon the faithful the good gifts of nature.
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My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that.
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Working outdoors or from life puts you in direct contact with the life force, not just the light and the landscape, but also the vitality of the world around you.
