David A. Adler Quotes
I love to write. I used to be a math teacher. And I like the idea that other people could write about the same subjects, but no one would write it just the way I do. It's very individual: a child could write the same story as somebody else, but it wouldn't come out the same.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
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I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
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I can't wait to use a BabyBjoern. I'm in love with the Orbit Baby stroller, and I also really like the Bugaboo.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.
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My favorite films left the camera rest, and the actors and characters have a stage to act. Move the camera when it's motivating.
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I love to write. I used to be a math teacher. And I like the idea that other people could write about the same subjects, but no one would write it just the way I do. It's very individual: a child could write the same story as somebody else, but it wouldn't come out the same.
