Wallace Stegner Quotes
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
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My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.
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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.
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The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader, anonymously complaining, and having them stop what they are doing to intervene.
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I remember when AOL was small and they were growing like mad. Consumers were coming on in droves because they made it easy to connect to the Internet. That was the single biggest innovation of AOL; when grandmas were signing up, AOL had arrived.
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I thought this election was an adult discussion on how best to protect ourselves in the face of terrorism, but apparently it was a referendum on boys kissing. I didn't know that, nobody.. told me that. But when homophobia trumps terrorism in America, wow. This country needs to get laid.
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Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
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We make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too. Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do.
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Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.
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I have feelings too - like 'My stomach hurts' or 'I'm going crazy!'
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I even scored Monaco's goal too. Please, put it down as an own goal for me!
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I shall not want Honor in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney.
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You know we don't have to wait until the end of the night, just to say that something's wrong and maybe nobody's right. We're all victims in a battle, that we never had to fight. It's okay. It's alright. Steady now, we're in this thing together.
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I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don't really care that much about women's clothes. If they like a girl, chances are they'll like her clothes.
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One fake friend can do more harm than 10 enemies... Be smart choosing your friends.
