Wallace Stegner Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
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The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.
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The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.
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You don't know who you will fall in love with. You just don't. You don't control it. Some people have certain things, like, 'That's what I'm going for,' and I have a subjective version of that. I don't pressure myself … If you fall in love with someone, you want to own them - but really, why would you want that? You want them to be what you love. I'm much too young to even have an answer for that question.
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You can't retire to weakness -- you've got to learn to control strength.
