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“I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.”
Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
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“All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you wield a sword, a claw, a tooth or a tail. It is true, you must be capable with your weapon, but anyone with the time, and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness, and it is those qualities that the best warriors share, even if, on the surface, they appear completely different.”
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“The goal of the computer is to provide people with the means to extend people's minds and bodies. It is an exoskeleton that expands our human reach.”
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“Remember you have to be comfortable. Golf is not a life or death situation. It's just a game and should be treated as such. Stay loose.”
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“Is there another word for synonym?”
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“At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.”
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“The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too.”
Source : Luther Standing Bear (1978). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.197, U of Nebraska Press
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“At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence to superhuman powers, to remember the courtesies and obligations of family, to pay homage to certain sacred plants, or to avoid particular places.”
Source : Peter Farb (1968). “Man's rise to civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from primeval times to the coming of the industrial state”, Secker & Warburg
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“An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.”
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“I think there was always that question mark of why am I not in St. Louis anymore? I think everybody had those questions and probably had those perceptions of me.”
