John Pilger Quotes

Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.

John Pilger

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I don't have a bucket list because it is my dedication to live every day of my life there. I don't have a bucket list because I'm doing it that day. I don't want to go to bed and say, 'Oh, I wish I had done this.'

Melissa Etheridge

LifeLiveDayDedicationWishDoing

But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

Stephen King

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My parents always threw everything out, gave everything away. I'm surprised they never threw me away. That's why I've always kept my children's things. My parents had no feelings for belongings.

Spike Milligan

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People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

Russell Baker

PeopleFeelYouWrongSayOld

I'm not a bling-bling guy; I can't pull it off. I just look like an idiot.

Michael Vartan

IdiotLookGuyOffJustPull

It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.

Joseph O'Neill

TimeLongLong TimeWriteTakes

I love Velveeta cheese.

Dolly Parton

LoveCheeseI Love

I'm trying to make order out of chaos, trying to find some way of rationalising the horrific things that people do or the way the world is.

Chuck Palahniuk

PeopleChaosWorldTryingFindWay

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

Arthur Koestler

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Typically, you learn how to cook, but you don't know why. We were looking for a deeper understanding of what was happening to our food as we roasted it, boiled it, grilled it, chopped it, etc. And it turned out, as we began to really say what is cooking, what does it mean to cook, there's a lot of science involved.

Wylie Dufresne

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I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing.

William Gibson

WritingMoreBeenAutismInterested

I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to do what I fell in love with and be able to make a living doing it.

Scott Weiland

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