David Liss Quotes
I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.
David Liss
Quotes to Explore
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
Barton Gellman
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
Carl Bernstein
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
Maceo Parker
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As I went between the Islamic Society in my college and university, the mosque, the halal takeaway, and visited the homes of my male Muslim friends, it was entirely possible for me to get through my day without interacting in any meaningful way with a single non-Muslim.
Maajid Nawaz
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You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly produced hip-hop, which is something like what DJ Khaled does. But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop.
Ice T
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I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself.
Fred Savage
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I like to rap about things that are funny but mostly things that are relatable. I remember there was this one song with Ja Rule, and I forgot, exactly, but it was with Ashanti, and there's a line in it that was like, 'She hit me up on AIM.' But that wasn't the actual line; it was something else, but I was like, 'Oh my God, he uses AIM!'
Nora Lum
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With musical theatre, although there are rules, they're so different to the ones I feel like I have accidentally been ingrained with writing pop music. The main point is to tell the story. You just have to make sure the character's voice is strong and the storytelling is strong.
Sara Bareilles
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Christian principles are, admittedly, stricter than the others; but then we think you will get help towards obeying them which you will not get towards obeying the others.
C. S. Lewis
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I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.
David Liss
