Bernard Malamud Quotes
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.
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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
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You understand, of course, that I can only get you access.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
