David Grann Quotes
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
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A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.
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All men are intellectuals: but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals.
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The violence and intimidation we have seen should never have happened. It is the work of extremists. It is the enemy within.
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"Tunisia is always ready to turn the page."
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The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
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I spend my life mostly disproving conspiracies.
