David Leavitt Quotes
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.David Leavitt
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
Harlan Ellison -
The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
Dana Boente -
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.
Ramez Naam -
To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
Samantha Morton -
It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
Usain Bolt -
All diseases run into one, old age.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
Edsger Dijkstra -
When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole -
'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
Abbi Glines -
When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
Jack Schwartz -
I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
T. J. Miller
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I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.
Olly Murs -
Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
Dada Vaswani -
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
Wendell Berry -
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.
Saint Ignatius -
Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.
Wally Lamb -
I think people will believe anything about someone they haven't seen for a while.
Gabe Kaplan
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I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's scripts. As a writer, my only guiding principle has been to write about things that scare me, write about things that make me feel vulnerable, write about things that will expose my deepest fears, so that's how I write.
Derek Cianfrance -
Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming.
Peter Boyle -
When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.
Carole King -
The trouble with most people is that they want to know the way and the channels beforehand. They want to tell Supreme Intelligence just how their prayers should be answered. They do not trust the wisdom and ingenuity of God.
Florence Scovel Shinn -
Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.
Vladimir Nabokov -
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.
David Leavitt