Leonard Baskin Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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Hogs and pigs are very intelligent.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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As a woman, as a Jew, as a lesbian, as a labor leader in a time of great anti-union animus, I know that other people project their biases on me. But it is nothing like the experience of our African-American brothers and sisters, especially black and brown men and boys.
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Many young men in the 1960s and 1970s came to reject some of the traditional ideas about manhood that many of their fathers tried to pass down - like unquestioning respect for authority even when that might mean killing and dying for questionable or unjust causes such as the Vietnam War.
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If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.
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Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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Saving a life overrides territories.
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I think social media, it in a way forces companies to be more authentic or more transparent because it gives a voice to the consumer and a reach to the consumer that they didn't have before.
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To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
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I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.
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They have always really committed to the run game and stopping the run. They do a good job of it.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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The good news is that . . . humans are gifted by the potential for self-awareness and intelligent choice, and knowing our circumstance is an invitation to change.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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I always felt I needed to teach to survive.
