George Steiner Quotes
The intellectual is, quite simply, a human being who has a pencil in his or her hand when reading a book.
Quotes to Explore
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'
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I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something – that may not be very clear to me right now – but that I will do.
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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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I have American friends in France, and when I meet with them, they tell me about everything that is wrong with France. I think there is a general expat syndrome, which means that whatever country you are in, you are always missing your own country and always thinking that the country you live in is actually not as good as it could be.
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I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.
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The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand.
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And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
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I continually marvel at people who can make films that reach five hundred million people. How do you do that? Everybody's different - I don't know how that works.
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I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.
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I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.
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My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.
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We have put in place policies through supervision and regulation that has greatly enhanced the safety and soundness of the banking system.
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When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
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Our experience of any painting is always the latest line in a long conversation we've been having with painting. There's no way of looking at art as though you hadn't seen art before.
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My time with the WEC was great for me; it was great to be able to get big-show experience, headline fight-cards, and fight for world titles.
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My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body.
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A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence.
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I remember playing on pretty much an all-minority youth team and going to some of the tournaments north of Cincinnati and not being able to stay with host families where all the other teams were staying with host families.
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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The intellectual is, quite simply, a human being who has a pencil in his or her hand when reading a book.
