Edward Abbey Quotes
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
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I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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In 2009, during my inaugural address, I expressed the importance of unprecedented partnerships. Since then, Utah's government, business, and education leaders in communities statewide have worked together more frequently and with better results than ever before.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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Actor's life is very long.
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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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People trash talk me.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I do think that all of us think in poems.
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Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
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The Department of Defense is a longtime partner of the Department of Homeland Security, and I thank them for their support.
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I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don't like surprises. I don't even like good surprises.
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We were five heterosexual, good-looking men. We competed against each other for the sexiest girls... I won.
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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
