Victor LaValle Quotes
There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with the greatest hope for the future of Spain.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
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Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.
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Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
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I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.
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I'm a conservative, pro-life governor in a state where it is really tough to be both. A state like New Jersey, with lots of Democrats, but still we cut taxes, we balanced budgets. We fought the teacher's union.
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It's amnesty that America can't afford. We have to stop people from coming in illegally. This will be a green light for anyone who wants to come to America illegally and then be granted citizenship one day... The majority that are here illegally are low-skilled or may not even have a high school diploma. The Republican Party is not going to compete over who can give more social programs out. They will become Democrats because of the social programs they'll depend on.
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I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
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There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.
