Leo Kottke Quotes
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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I want to do horror and action, and I'm only being slightly facetious.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache of nuclear materials.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.
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Go to the people
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The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Quoting Alexander MacLaren, The Wearied Christ and Other Sermons)
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The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.
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A machine has no mind to read; you never know when it’s going to betray you-
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I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.
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Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind is not to try too hard.
