Chuck Fleischmann Quotes
I didn't eat for two days when Bill Clinton won, but after Obama's election, I was genuinely depressed.
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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I'm a good Catholic boy.
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Chris Messina is amazing, and he's so serious - he's, like, a proper actor! He's got craft! I love to watch him. But not in a creepy way.
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I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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At Oracle, silver medal is first loser.
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The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.
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There's almost nothing you can't do with a cashew. Not only does it lend its nutty sweetness to savory dishes, it also gives desserts a deep richness.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.
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The greatest power is often simple patience.
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The special relationship between twins is that, if there's anyone else in the world that's going to get or be the confidant that you need, it's an identical twin.
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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.
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For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
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A commodity producer should be comfortable being exposed to prices.
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I have so many goals and aspirations that sometimes I lose myself.
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When you come off 'The X Factor,' you're more likely to be a failure than a success because people almost want you to fail. There's this kind of feeling that you're separate from everyone else. You get it from artists, people in the industry, people at record labels.
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There were three great Virginia poets in the very beginning - George Washington, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson. 'What!' you say. 'We do not even know the names of their publishers. They were not poets!' Well, how do you know? Did you ever really read them? What do you know about it? Their very names will breathe poetry forever.
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I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, 'You know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.'
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London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.
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I was always good at being observationally funny - like, contributing something funny to the conversation.
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If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance.
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I didn't eat for two days when Bill Clinton won, but after Obama's election, I was genuinely depressed.
