David Lehman Quotes
If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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I love anything to do with history.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.
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I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.
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Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.
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I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs.
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'T is elder Scripture, writ by God's own hand,-Scripture authentic! uncorrupt by man.
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Overall, people are reading less.
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The golden rule is work fast. As for framing, composition, focus-this is no time to start asking yourself questions: you just have to trust your intuition and the sharpness of your reflexes.
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If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.
