Beck (Beck Hansen) Quotes
Our whole culture in this country now is so conformist. I don't even meet that many freaks any more.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.
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The worse the news, the more effort should go into communicating it.
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I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of every book imaginable. Censorship of any form punishes curiosity.
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Our whole culture in this country now is so conformist. I don't even meet that many freaks any more.
