Edward Abbey Quotes
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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China's energy is very much focused on coal, and the economy is very focused on heavy industry, which is carbon intensive, so restructuring won't be easy.
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I just really want to do good work and work with some great people, people who challenge me.
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I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.
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Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers and there are times when we need to be nurtured.
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Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online.
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No not pigeon holed me as an actor, or as a character, or as to what I could do - but what I would do... and the fact is the things you don't do are almost as important as as the things that you do.
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Nature is the difference between the soul and God.
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The phrase ‘marriage market’ is used metaphorically and signifies that the mating of human populations is highly systematic and structured.
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Charlotte once ran away from me, outside the studio, and I grabbed her dress to stop her, to keep her near me. A yellow cotton dress I loved because it was too long for her.
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The North American world blinds us with its energy; we cannot see ourselves, we must see you.
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Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.
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Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
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I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. Injustice is outrageous and deserves outrage.
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When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship.
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Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many questions as it answers, aims to force a reconsideration of the way the nation does business and offers hope to those of us who previously felt alone in our belief that the current economic system is broken.
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I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point, whatever I am doing is failing to elicit a response, whether it's very positive or very negative, then I am going to stop doing it.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries...
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I like the emotion in the English league. You look at the TV, and you see the stadium and the fans.
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An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad.
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I want Violet to be proud of every little thing that is her - her hair, her body. We're all different, and from early on, I've always said she has a very confident personality, and I want her to maintain that.
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There's beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere.
