James Howard Kunstler Quotes

Phoenix and Las Vegas have grim long-term prospects. On top of oil-and-gas problems, they will have terrible problems with water and the ability to produce food locally. I suppose it shows how delusional the public is, and how our institutional controls have decayed - for instance, lending standards.

James Howard Kunstler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 19, 1948

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Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

John C. Maxwell

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I've learned over time that human beings tend to want to do more than they have the courage to do or that the social contract will allow them to do.

Simon Helberg

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There's gonna be stretches where I don't play as well. People are gonna be talking bad about me and not always on my side and cheering me on.

Trae Young

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Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.

Tony Campolo

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As an actor, you should always keep your trump card hidden from your audience. I want the audience to keep expecting more and more from me. I want to do 'different' work - good and memorable roles - so that audience appreciate me more. That's why I love to surprise my audience with something they never expect me to do.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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There are actors in this town who made important careers for a long, long period just by taking the parts that Cary Grant turned down.

Louis Jourdan

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Telling kids the truth isn't always entirely possible, but talking to them is.

Judy Blume

TruthTalkingPossibleAlwaysKids

Physical beauty isn't so impressive to me.

Dita Von Teese

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You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way.

Don Bluth

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When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the wave is lipping up over the top of you, it makes this hissing sound.

Dick Dale

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I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it.

Chris Chocola

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I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed in the 'New Yorker.' Clearly, I am seriously out of step with the times.

Chris Ware

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