Quotes 421 till 440 of 815.
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Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.
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Looking back, we had the hard time, but the privilege, of actually coming up playing biker bars and little bitty college bars.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
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Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.
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Make it impossible for [the authority] to operate within the system as usual... making it impossible for him simply to strike back without thought and with all his strength.
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Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.
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Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.
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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.
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Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.
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Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done.
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Marriage is part of a sort of 50's revival package that's back in vogue along with neckties and naked ambition.
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Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it's always going to be there. I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it's really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to.
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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
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Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
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Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.
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