Phil Klay Quotes
I grew up a little north of New York City and went to high school at Regis, an all-boys tuition-free high school in Manhattan.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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I think novelists should be disciplined and self-imposed working hours. I work a lot, but I don't feel that I'm working. I always feel that there is a child in me, healthy, and I'm playing.
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If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.
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While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
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I'm a real romantic.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.
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I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers.
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People want to be empowered to the point where they can thwart their enemies physically.
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America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
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Four times I looked for psychiatric help, and each time I arrived at the inescapable conclusion that the psychiatrist was crazier than I was.
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I was thrilled with how the first series of 'Sherlock' was received. It was such great fun to film, which makes it so rewarding when something you enjoy is so well received.
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The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.
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I grew up a little north of New York City and went to high school at Regis, an all-boys tuition-free high school in Manhattan.
