"The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense."

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Source : Jim Harrison (2007). “The Beast God Forgot to Invent”, p.3, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Jim Harrison

#Civilization Quotes #Nonsense Quotes #Danger Quotes

“There's no half-assing anything you do if you want to do it well.”
“In the same way your life is the continuity of standing up, sitting down, laughing, sleeping, waking up, drinking, eating, and, of course, being born and dying. That is the continuity of the whole universe.”
“I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say”
“Dreamers conquered the world long ago.”
“I am not interested in being vice president of the United States. I've let the candidate know. If the candidate asks me to be vice president, the answer is I got to say yes. But he's not going to ask me.”
“It's tough to be an actor and it's tough to portray a real person, and it's tough to play two people adding up to one person.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.”
“Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word. I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now.”

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