Darin Strauss Quotes
I consider myself a Jewish writer - even if my characters frequently are not Jewish - in the same way, I guess, that I consider myself a Jewish man, even though I don't often attend shul.
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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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The land and the ocean are living, breathing entities that supported us, clothed us, fed us, and nurtured our culture from time immemorial.
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I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated.
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I have to say, I worry about Twitter. Not that it will survive - they don't need my blessing for that - but that it will stay the kind of open, community-enhancing-and-enabling site that made it flourish at the outset.
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I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.
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I would never say I will stay in electronic music for the rest of my life. I will always do whatever I feel like at that moment.
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Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best.
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I consider myself black.
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My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it.
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In today's life, the world belongs only to the stupid, the insensitive and the agitated. The right to live and triumph is now conquered almost by the same means by which you conquer internment in an asylum: the inability to think, amorality and hiperexcitation.
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I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn't the thing.
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They are slaves who fear to speakFor the fallen and the weak;They are slaves who will not chooseHatred, scoffing, and abuse,Rather than in silence shrinkFrom the truth they needs must think;They are slaves who dare not beIn the right with two or three.
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Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.
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Late style gets simpler and shorter, and here, I'm getting more abundant as I get older!
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I consider myself a Jewish writer - even if my characters frequently are not Jewish - in the same way, I guess, that I consider myself a Jewish man, even though I don't often attend shul.
