Jimmy Buffett Quotes
The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
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The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time.
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I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.
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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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I have my dad's shape. No booty.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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Winelibrary.tv was about building personal brand equity. It was a business move. Now, it was totally surrounded by a passion for wine, but I very much gave a lot of thought to doing a sports-video blog instead.
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A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer's paradise, a hunter's Valhalla, an escapist's Utopia. It is what you will, and it withstands all interpretations. It is the last vestige of a dead world or the cradle of a shiny new one. To a lot of people, as to myself, it is just 'home'. It is all these things but one thing - it is never dull.
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I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
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The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
