Wallace Stegner Quotes
Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... so that never again can we have the chance to see ourselves single, separate, vertical and individual in the world, part of the environment of trees and rocks and soil, part of the natural world and competent to belong in it.
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I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.
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When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
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Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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I see it as a responsibility of mine to teach others.
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A tactic used by authors of virtually every single book I've ever read that propounds a conspiracy theory is to attack an agency as being part of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination, but when this same agency comes up with something favorable to the author's position, the author will cite that same agency as credible support for his argument.
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The way I train, the way I spar, I'm out of my comfort zone every single day, and you can see the result in my fights.
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So you've decided to travel around the world. This is an excellent thing to do. It's a precious place, this planet. We should see it.
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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.'
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Overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so you never have enough time to do what you want to do. It's ridiculous.
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I get tweets every single day going, like, 'I'm so glad you weren't on 'The X Factor.'
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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I'm a retired media executive.
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When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.
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Put your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian.
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The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.
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Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... so that never again can we have the chance to see ourselves single, separate, vertical and individual in the world, part of the environment of trees and rocks and soil, part of the natural world and competent to belong in it.
