George Saville Quotes
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We all have stories for a reason, and if we keep them to ourselves, I don't feel they would help anybody.
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The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
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My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason.
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Turkey is fine, but if I don't have the sides, forget about it. And cornbread stuffing is at the center of my plate. I will have about six sides and then a little bit of turkey and gravy.
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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
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My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.
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It is not a dirty word, "feminism." I just think that women belong in the human population with the same rights as everybody else... The problem is, "A feminist looks like this, or is like that." We are taught not to like ourselves as women, we are taught what we're supposed to look like, what our measurements are supposed to be. I never hear what measurements men are supposed to be. Just women.
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The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.
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My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.
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I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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This life is for us to discover the divine within. And that's really the key to life in many ways for me. And the thing is, it's not for us to reason why everything is what it is... just do it.
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I am not at all computer literate in real life. I haven't yet found a reason to be. Once I find a reason why I need to be on the Internet, then I will be.
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Don’t just look at the problem that you face; look at the reason behind it
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[Mitt] Romney looks the part and is well known around the world and has a lot of experience.
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I always carry a good lipstick with me, like MAC in Ruby Woo. It has a matt finish, the essence of that vintage glamour look.
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Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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I believe it would be considerably healthier for us to dare to live without a reason for many things than with reasons that are simplistic.
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I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage, Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason.
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Art depends upon the inexactitude of sight.
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And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?
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I wanted to be a composer before anything else. And my sister was listening to Led Zeppelin in the other room! When I heard that, it was a game-changer.
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Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.
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Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.
