Darin Strauss Quotes
Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I've got a general callout with the Caribbean world in which I'm interested in helping in any way to get their well-written good stories out to the rest of the world. I am really interested in helping those stories get to a completion and public viewing.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
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When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love for the art of teaching they were speaking to.
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When you're as chaotic as I am, you need a very firm structure in your life.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.
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They got into fact checking at the 'Paris Review,' and it was mortifying. There was a wrangle about Hemingway's lost stories that nearly killed me. It turns out he didn't lose those stories. They weren't stolen from the platform.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
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I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food.
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Google is addictive.
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Buy into good, well-researched companies and then wait. Let's call it a sit-on-your-hands investment strategy.
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Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
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My casting process was slightly different and slightly interesting insofar as I knew everybody could act. That's something you've seen. You know people can. You've seen them on the screen and you think either they're a good actor or a bad actor. So that's not the point. What I wanted to do was find people who I thought would have a similar comic sensibility.
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Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
