Nelson Algren Quotes
If you write something, and you believe in it, you'd like to see sixty million people moved by it.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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I'm not well versed on the verbiage of the internet.
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I never thought anything like that would have gone on.
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Cycling is suffering.
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I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
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Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.
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If you write something, and you believe in it, you'd like to see sixty million people moved by it.
