Don DeLillo Quotes
There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.
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I traveled so much to dance that I feel a part of many places, but New York is where I spent most of my life and where my career has been - it's the place where I exist.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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Deception can cost billions. Think Enron, Madoff, the mortgage crisis. Or in the case of double agents and traitors, like Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames, lies can betray our country. They can compromise our security. They can undermine democracy. They can cause the deaths of those that defend us.
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People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.
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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
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I adore pigs, and I love eating them and cooking them, and I love using the whole animal.
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The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've held fast to their conventional structures, programs, roles and routines.
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The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO.
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There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.
