Corliss Lamont Quotes
The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global - these conflicts are often over the management, the distribution of resources. If these resources are very valuable, if these resources are scarce, if these resources are degraded, there is going to be competition.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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Money talks. This is the thing, at the end of the day, I do what I have to do, and I'mma keep doing what I have to do.
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Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is one's own, not imposed or prescribed from without, no matter how noble its appearance may be. For each of us is issued but one life, and we know full well how it all ends.
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Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.
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Whenever you come back from an injury like that, it takes time to get your rhythm back. The only thing I tell Caron is, 'Keep taking open shots. Don't turn down shots.' Sometimes he has a tendency to do that, to put his head down. I hate when he does that. He needs to keep shooting.
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The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
