Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.
Quotes to Explore
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance.
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Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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I like to do Pilates.
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.
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I was always torn between wanting whatever I pictured as a typical high school experience and that being just a part I wanted to play. I've written about this, but one of those typical high school experiences was drill team. Like, I just really wanted to wear a uniform and get on the bus and be part of this group. As an only child, the idea of blending in - and literally everyone being in sync and not standing out at all - felt like kind of a fun family thing.
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In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.
