Wallace Stegner Quotes
You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
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I've done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it's great to be able to have things that you can research and material that you can look at.
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The thing I love most about going to a book store is the self-help section is the biggest section because Americans know we're screwed up. We know it. But we want to get better.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
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I really try to get eight hours of sleep, and I really try not to go out after a Tuesday or Friday night show because I know I have a two-show day the following day.
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.
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I feel about me like I'm one of the working people, just like you, and everybody else. I don't fit the part of a celebrity.
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I was at a U2 concert and someone asked me if my hair color was real... I thought to myself, if I had $1 for every time someone asked me this, I would be very rich.
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I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came up to talk to me at the Emmys. I found that gratifying.
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I'm quite a good listener, and I'm good at looking after people.
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I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.
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Withdrawal of U.S. troops, then confederation, then reunification under the North Korean regime.
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No one will ever believe that both your hard drive and mine crashed within a week of each other.
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You know of the how, but I know of the how-less.
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At the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of the Negro society is the deterioration of the Negro family.
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You make do with what you have. As you age you learn even to be happy with what you have.
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I don't want to get rich - just live good.
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What did Bush do on 9/11? He ran away and hid. Even Reagan knew more about leadership than that, and he was as bad a symbol of America as I can think of, off-hand. But at least he's been in enough cowboy movies to know he had to come out and stand on top of the rubble and be seen shaking his fist or something.
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I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things. And if I'm not, I feel bad. I don't care for failure. I've failed at a number of things, and it's not my favorite state of mind. So I prefer success.
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If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.
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You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide.
