Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes
In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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My hunger is always there.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love.
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If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I'd panic, I'd be scared.
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You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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Everybody was in struggle, in the grind trying to make it.
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My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little girl in school, saying 'I don't agree' and fighting with the children. It's part of my curiosity for life.
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It's important for me to live my life honestly.
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Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
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Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.
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Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.
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In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.
