Edward Abbey Quotes
One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.
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I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.
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Until part of your paycheck is regularly paid in Bitcoin, I'm not sure how it would really go mainstream. I can imagine places in the world where there are not functioning banking systems or payroll systems, where it could go mainstream first because you're not trying to replace the way people are already doing something.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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We are what we believe we are.
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Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.
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I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
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Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it.'
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My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with different styles.
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A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.
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Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
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Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!
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I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal.
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Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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A goal properly set is halfway reached.
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I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show.
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Every actor is a character actor.
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Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.
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There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.
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One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.
