Louise Erdrich Quotes
There are people who are always, I think, going to remain people of the book, to use another author's title, but people of the book, who really must be around.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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I think that what I'd like to instil is that if you join the youth theatre, it's a gateway into greater career prospects.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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This bidding is just highlighting the value of assets, ... I increased my target for Disney to $27 in January. If it falls, it'll fall only modestly.
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You don't have to make something in order to retain your identity as an artist or a writer or a creative person. A lot of people think they have to be producing in order to maintain that identity.
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Of one thing I am certain: we are foolish if we think we will achieve change by sending the same crowd of people back to run our government again and again.
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I think most polling shows that most Americans agree that when it comes to employment that, you know, people should be really judged by, you know, their competency and not, you know, who it is they choose to love or who they're in a relationship with.
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There are people who are always, I think, going to remain people of the book, to use another author's title, but people of the book, who really must be around.
