Edward Abbey Quotes
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I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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When I write and develop things myself, I might work for a while on a script from a book, and then I go back and read the book and go back into it to see if I lost something: is there something there?
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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My father was born in Newark, New Jersey, and my mother was born in Philadelphia. They both went to Stanford for grad school and met there.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.
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I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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We are carrying these images out into the world, and we can't control how people contextualize those images no matter how virtuous our aspirations and our intentions are.
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Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.
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I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.
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We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.
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I'm still a little girl in Hawaii, I have the same friends I had when I was a kid who love me for who I am - not what I do. I never got caught up in the club scene or took wrong roads.
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Fine art is really something I want to get into.
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'A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.'
