David Viscott Quotes
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
Quotes to Explore
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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I have a pair of Rodarte leggings. They're crazy, but I wore them for one day, and then by the end of the day they weren't tearing, but they were getting a little loose.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I crave attention and adventure.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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I try to keep myself as sane and as grounded as possible by surrounding myself with normal people, such as all the friends that I've had from when I was little.
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The one way the world hasn't changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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The people did not talk about reciprocal concessions but demanded liberties and guarantees, which brought inevitably in many sectors a crueler war than the French would have waged otherwise.
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In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without saying.
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Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
