David Leavitt Quotes
It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.
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Time stays, we go.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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There are so many people I know who could be the greatest film-maker but who will never get the chance to make a movie; it's all about what somebody is going to make back. There are not a lot of romantic ideas about making movies anymore.
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Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.
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Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world.
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I always wanted to be part of a movie that creates a different world.
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It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.
