Edward Abbey Quotes
He recalled Dr. Sarvis' favorite apothegm: When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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There is always pressure in football.
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Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at once self-cannibalizing and combustible. No good can come of them. They are unsustainable because their sense of righteousness denies human worth.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I've never had a MySpace or a Facebook page. I avoid that entirely.
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I'm very interested in the idea of unusual museums, ones that are not necessarily contemporary art museums - more like historical collections or house museums.
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.
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I'm a strong fighter, I'm a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings.
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I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. I thought that this electric typewriter was about the most fascinating toy in the world - I liked the little bell and the sounds and the feel of the keys and especially the erase key.
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Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.
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My hope is that people experience the music and, in that, something works in them, that they realise how exceptional they are. Maybe that it inspires them to do something great in their own lives.
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I would wish that people would accept people for who they are, not be judgemental, allow people to live their lives and enjoy themselves and that would be my wish for people.
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We've been around long enough that there have certainly been people at every stage of our career telling us about one or another record being influential to their lives in one way or another. It's always nice to hear that stuff.
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I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
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He recalled Dr. Sarvis' favorite apothegm: When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
