Darin Strauss Quotes
Perhaps it's because a writer lives in Brooklyn that he'd want to get away from it. It can be very sustaining, this community of writers - sometimes it's the feeling of many hands giving you a boost. But all that identical ambition can be choking, too. The many hands slide up to your throat.
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
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Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
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My parents gave me a boxer puppy as a present. I have wanted a dog for years and must first give her attention in the morning.
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People know who I am or are fans of 'Chelsea Lately,' and that makes my shows more fun. People know I'm silly and are on board with what I'm bringing to the table. I see the boyfriends who got dragged to the show by their girlfriends, and by the end, they're laughing harder than anybody. That's the best feeling: 'I knew I was going to get you.'
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One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.
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I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.
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We Catholics have been in the forefront in defending the dignity of the human person. Clericalism is a direct violation of human dignity.
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Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
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While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together.
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Perhaps it's because a writer lives in Brooklyn that he'd want to get away from it. It can be very sustaining, this community of writers - sometimes it's the feeling of many hands giving you a boost. But all that identical ambition can be choking, too. The many hands slide up to your throat.
