Wallace Stegner Quotes
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
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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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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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The truth is, 'Charlie Hebdo' is not a racist magazine. Rather, it is a campaigning anti-racist left-wing magazine.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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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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Running back was always my favorite position.
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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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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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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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Kaepernick's protest has been very successful. I really appreciate the fact that he's been giving away money to organisations; he pledged to give away a million dollars, and he's been doing it.
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Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
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Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
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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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The stage is our pulpit, and you can use all of that energy and that music and the lights and the colors and the sound. But you know, you've got to be careful.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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The party is on my birthday, June 21 - my 21st on the 21st, which is Midsummer's Day, the longest day of the year and the longest night for a lot of people who are helping to organize it. My father very kindly suggested having a party, although he's probably regretting it now.
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God always ignores the present perfection for the ultimate perfection.
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We do not write what we know; we write what we want to find out.
