Edward Abbey Quotes
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration.
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Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.
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Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.
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Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.
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Most people have never been listened to, and they've never been asked questions that they want to be asked.
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When I started out in this business, I really wanted to become iconic, but I'm glad that didn't happen. I like to do things like travel on public transport unnoticed.
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A great thirst is a great joy when quenched in time.
