Daniel Handler Quotes
Violet said...'We've never known anyone who could remain so cheerful, no matter what terrible things occurred.
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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All women's issues are to some degree men's issues and all men's issues are to some degree women's issues because when either sex wins unilaterally both sexes lose.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
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I've just always been a bit of a dork.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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At one point, we were across the street from the Sharon Tate house; at another, we lived in Elvis's old Bel Air bachelor pad. It was where he first met the Beatles.
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In the 1960s and '70s, there wasn't much evidence at all. We knew vaguely the causes of cancer, but methods like genomics were very new.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a set of ideas, but miraculously, a song comes out of it.
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Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.
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You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.
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Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.
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You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.
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People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.
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I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
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'...it is inappropriate for a public activist to wear a niqab, since people want to see you. The Islamic faith does not mandate wearing a niqab; it is just a social tradition.'
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I admire people like Warren Buffett that are donating so much money to charity.
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If you criticize others, they don't dare to hurt you. If you are perfect, nobody can criticize you.
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There is no happiness without patriotism.
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I knew that in order to make a more lasting impact, to be on a show that people would watch on a regular basis, I would have to change my thinking.
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Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill.
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Violet said...'We've never known anyone who could remain so cheerful, no matter what terrible things occurred.
