Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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People identify with other people for different reasons, and I personally am really comfortable around lesbians because, in some ways, we view women the same way.
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The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.
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I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.
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I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek.
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When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.
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Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.
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I hadn't the personality to be a long-term Success.
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COUSINS ARE MY RELIGION .. THERE HOUSE IS MY CHURCH .. ARE FIGHTS ARE THE CHOIR .. I LOVE MY COUSINS ..
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People's guards were taken down because there was a new wrinkle. Never, ever give out your PIN number.
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My whole life I've been so self-conscious about being skinny. And just recently I don't care anymore. All insecurities are projected because of what you think others are saying about you, but they don't really matter at all. My only real insecurities in high school were having such long legs and thick hair-things I'm so very grateful for now.
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Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.
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The discovery of nuclear chain reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than did the discovery of matches. We only must do everything in our power to safeguard against its abuse. Only a supranational organization, equipped with a sufficiently strong executive power, can protect us.
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Our kids just aren't living in the same generation, and if they're not introduced to gender identity as a problem, they won't internalize them as a problem. Which isn't to say they won't meet bigotry in their lives.
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Many a man has a kind of a kaleidoscope, where the bits of broken glass are his own merits and fortunes; and they fall into harmonious arrangements, and delight him, often most mischievously and to his ultimate detriment; but they are a present pleasure.
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We are here to repair the world. I grew up thinking that was what everybody was trying to do.
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I wrote the first draft of the New People quickly but it had been percolating a lot longer. It's a hard question to answer because I'd been working on another novel for years and when I gave up on that, this one came very easily. But I think the work had been going on a lot longer than the actual writing.
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'Cause we are each other's angels. And we meet when it is time. We keep each other going. And we show each other signs.
