Al Purdy Quotes
Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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I am a very proud Hindu. The foundation of my personality is laid on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda or Sanatan Dharm or the Geeta. And if my religious practices or anybody's religious practices is given any kind of sadistic name, it instills fear about other person's religious practices.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I went to Mission Bay High School. Me and my brother, we both went there.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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Many men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.
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Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me.
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Invest the first hour of the day, the 'Golden Hour,' in yourself.
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I think you try to improve every season and every game and be prepared about certain defensemen you're playing against, certain ways to find open ice.
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Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life.
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You start realizing that good prose is crunchy. There's texture in your mouth as you say it. You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. I'm a great believer in reading aloud.
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Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.
