Victor LaValle Quotes
In the end, what's any good reader really hoping for? That spark. That spell. That journey.
Quotes to Explore
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
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A story never looks as good as when the other fellow buys it.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.
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If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.
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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
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A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.
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When you tell people you are a model, they have a very narrow view of who you are, and it's good to be able to say that it's not all that I am.
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If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
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I've never seen any character I've ever played as a bad guy or a good guy.
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There's an assumption that women don't start companies that earn more than X amount of dollars, or that have more than X amount of users, and Bumble is now really growing into one of the main players if you look at all the mainstream social-media platforms.
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There are people who have really high expectations for what we're doing. I have to not think about that so that I can be free and play around every day and not feel like I have to get it right. You want to be loose.
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In the end, what's any good reader really hoping for? That spark. That spell. That journey.
