Daniel Handler Quotes
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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We are building technology to keep up with what's happening in the world. It's transforming the way people are working. We're bringing the enterprise to the world.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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I'm not really a self-promoter-type person.
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Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.
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President Obama is not polarizing, but the media sure is.
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I'm a travel enthusiast.
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I've written a number of books that have to do with the evolution of humans, human intelligence, human emotions.
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Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can and must be a messenger of peace.
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Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.
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It was a mighty while ago.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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And all at once I lost my breathAnd all at once was scared to deathFor all at once I owned the earth and sky.Now I've met Miss JonesWe'll keep on meeting till we die,Yes, Miss Jones and I.
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The poem is an original and unique creation, but it is reading and recitation: participation.
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Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.
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I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.
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We eventually learn that emotional closure is our own action. We can be responsible for it. In any moment, we can choose to open or to close.
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Friday: Baudelaires, please come with me.Olaf: What about me?Friday: Go away.
