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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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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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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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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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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I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
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Live albums are very important for Rush, and they became sort of a closing chapter for us.
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Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.
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The bullshitter is neither on the side of the true or the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.
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If you can allow yourself to do more good with your creativity by being successful, then that's a great thing.
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If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.
