David Grinspoon Quotes
There's eco-pragmatism, where you recognize, 'Yeah, we live on a planet that's permanently altered by humanity, and rather than seek to return to or preserve pure wilderness, we recognize that's an illusion, and we proceed under the new knowledge that we live, in fact, in a human-dominated planet.'
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
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To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.
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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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Writing the past is never a neutral act. Writing always asks the past to justify itself, to give its reasons... provided we can live with the reasons. What we want is a narrative, not a log; a tale, not a trial. This is why most people write memoirs using the conventions not of history, but of fiction.
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I would rather die going to the west than live by staying in the east.
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I think some people do want to die, and they will get a disease. There are people who know their lives are so troubled, and their bodies are getting them out of here.
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As long as you're feeling good with your weight and the way you look, that's what matters.
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There's eco-pragmatism, where you recognize, 'Yeah, we live on a planet that's permanently altered by humanity, and rather than seek to return to or preserve pure wilderness, we recognize that's an illusion, and we proceed under the new knowledge that we live, in fact, in a human-dominated planet.'
