Edward Hoagland Quotes
Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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Where there is flagrant abuse of corporate entities we must and will seek to tackle it.
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
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Once you figure out what your passion is, surround yourself with like-minded people who can help you grow.
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What I like writing about are people's relationships, not necessarily great big dramatic things but the smaller things in life and how they affect characters and challenge and change the people that they are. I do like a happy ending, so my books have to have a happy ending.
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People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew.
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Tom Cruise is one of the most wonderful, kind, and generous men that I've ever met.
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Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.
