Delmore Schwartz Quotes
The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.
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I can just sense some eyes, some people kinda stare a little bit like they recognize me but don't quite know for sure kinda thing.
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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.
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It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
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It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a directly proportional degradation in language.
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The air of one’s native country is the most healthy air.
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We saw a countless number of post-chaises full of boys pass by yesterday morning - full of future heroes, legislators, fools, and villains. You have never thanked me for my last letter, which went by the cheese. I cannot bear not to be thanked.
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There's been very little writing about speech impediments, even though it's this huge psychological barrier.
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The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.
