David Guterson Quotes
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.
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And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight.
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You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.
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Let me be clear: since I am pro-life, I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood.
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The final frontier of the digital technology is integrating into your own brain.
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There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.
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It made me wonder if perhaps our ancestors' crimes were not in fact far more terrible than they claimed. After all, the only histories we possessed told their version of what happened, and in their accounts they were completely innocent.
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I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy.
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If someone's liver doesn't work, we blame it on the genes; if someone's brain doesn't work properly, we blame the school. It's actually more humane to think of the condition as genetic. For instance, you don't want to say that someone is born unpleasant, but sometimes that might be true.
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I've always tried to listen to a lot of different music from around the world.
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Genius, scholar, and war hero though he is, you have to admit - or maybe you should think about admitting - that George Bush might have rushed things a little in invading Iraq.
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We feel like our kids are winners. We know if we play our game, we'll win. If we're consistent, we'll win. If we don't, we'll lose. It's that simple.
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Cut your arms and legs off, and you're left with a trunk, which you need to be as strong as possible. It's easier to push over someone who is tall and skinny than someone short and stocky. That's why we work everything from the calves to the neck.
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We deserve a multiracial democracy that works for all of us.
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If we play the we are supposed to play, we can beat anybody. We just aren't doing that right now.
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I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.
