Darin Strauss Quotes
Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
Quotes to Explore
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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 believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.
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Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
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The fact that people have religious experiences is interesting from the psychological point of view, but it does not in any way imply that there is such a thing as religious knowledge...Unless he can formulate this 'knowledge' in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure that he is deceiving himself.
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Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
