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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For me, the most luxurious place is somewhere that allows you to feel emotions and pleasures.
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Various species of animals react differently to the same drug. Not only do the variations in the metabolism of a drug make it difficult to extrapolate results of animal experiments to man but they create a serious obstacle to the development of new therapeutic drugs.
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The open-necked shirt is really rather ugly. I have seen people with beautifully-tailored jackets on with an open shirt with an awful Adam’s apple there.
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Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.
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Anthony came in and played well. We know that both of our quarterback have the ability to play well so we just have some things we need to improve on as the weeks go on.
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'A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.'
