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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The good news is that even though we walk through this valley of death, we don't have to fear, at least not for ourselves! Unfortunately, there is no way to skip over the valley altogether, we must face death and the evidence of evil all around us. But there will come a day... And what a day that will be!
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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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With such enormous bucks devoted to trading in oil and other commodities, the distortions that they cause have been exacerbated.
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I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels.
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Destiny can sometimes be history coming back to bite you in the arse.
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I like the realism of anti-heroes. It's a healthy thing. I think heroes can be very unhealthy at times because it doesn't connect you to reality.
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Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. And for them to be able to provide nuclear technology to non-state actors, that's unacceptable.
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In the end, what's any good reader really hoping for? That spark. That spell. That journey.
