Delmore Schwartz Quotes
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In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part, the Indian part. The part of me that loves London, and the part that longs for Bombay. And at my typewriter, alone, I could indulge this.
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I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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If I was a condiment, I'm gonna go ahead and say I would be Sriracha, because I go well with other things. I'm too much for some people, and hipsters like me.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows?
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians living in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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Novel writing wrecks homes.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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I never believed that India could win a medal in badminton because the competition is so tough.
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I think people would be most surprised to know that I love scary movies.
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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
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I've gone down to the Jersey Shore every summer since I was born. It's like a second home, and Asbury Park is like the capital - it's the center of all of it. Musically, it's incredible.
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There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems.
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It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.
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Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you'll never be criticized.
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If you want to protect yourself as an actor, always work with good people
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We’re on a journey to a heavenly home, and we need all the help we can get. Societies
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What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else, in order to gain campaign contributions and win votes.
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Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.
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Sometimes even paranoids have enemies.
