Sebastian Junger Quotes

I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didn't offer the brief and horrible illusion of imminent death. They would just be complicated, time-consuming endeavors that we'd steer well clear of because they got in the way of real life.

Sebastian Junger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1962

Topics

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Every two years for Congress, four years for President, illegal immigration comes out as a political issue.

Joe Arpaio

ImmigrationPoliticalCongressOut

No nation has a single history, no people a single song.

Jill Lepore

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I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

Jennifer Westfeldt

CollaborationThinkWantAlwaysFilm

There is such an emotional connection between the bride and her wedding dress, whereas in ready-to-wear you may just be focusing on color or prints for that particular season.

Jenny Packham

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I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

Jenna Dewan

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Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

Andrea Bocelli

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Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?

Anna Deavere Smith

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When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.

Stefan Zweig

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I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.

Martin Scorsese

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I took to 'SpongeBob' and started watching it frequently. Even when I'm older, I think I'll still watch the show.

Michy Batshuayi

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I'm a lousy journalist.

Judith Rossner

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Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.

Jonathan Anderson

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