Don DeLillo Quotes
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of vortex, I am urged to not be ashamed of recycling.
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It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.
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But if it’s true that the only true life I had was the life of my brain, what sense does it make to hand that brain to somebody for eight hours a day for their particular use on the presumption that, at the end of the day, they will give it back in an unmutilated condition? Fat chance!
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Oh, the secret life of man and woman--dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest.
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I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
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Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching.
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I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.
