Nelson Algren Quotes
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.
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New York City has an integration problem.
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It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.
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Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery.
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I've never really had the opportunity to play something that's a complete departure from me yet.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
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You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
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If you think something is impossible, then it certainly is... for you.
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If you put yourself in a place where you're having to work at understanding something, then you keep yourself awake to all possible choices. How the body will look like in the future, the ethics of the body: those are questions that really fascinate me. Let's get the dialogue going.
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I started in theater. I would liken sitcom work more to theater work than I would, perhaps, to dramatic television. It's so quick. It kind of feels like the pace of a play.
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I can believe in myself, and I feel like I'm such a strong and talented designer.
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I want to develop a small make-up line myself. I want to combine all the things that I love and just create them the way I want them to be.
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Any street cop knows you will be sued or involved in some type of litigation throughout your career.
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Casual games are a great way to spend time when you get bored. It's hard to keep people off all their little games.
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I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.
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A man must know his limitations.
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I was always like, "I'm going to be the drunk judge who's like, 'Objection!' 'In chambers!' "
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I have no academic qualifications whatsoever.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. You have to realize it's going to be a long process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.
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Never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.
