Walker Evans Quotes
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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The wonderful thing about modern medicine is that so many of these complaints that used to signify old age and decline can be coped with.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
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There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
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Small okra pods have a much more attractive texture than large ones, which, when cooked, can be gloopy, stringy and totally spoil a dish.
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At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
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I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book.
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If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.
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I began at some point to understand the whole idea of accountability and responsibility and leadership, and I think that was something that really birthed something in me, where I knew I wanted to be part of a larger equation in our society.
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The problem with some of our noisier exponents of 'American exceptionalism' is that they lack Reagan's moral maturity.
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I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.
