Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
I'm not interested in who suffered the most. I'm interested in people getting over it.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.
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When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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When I think about it, I'm happily bewildered that people will preorder my books They'll preorder me. What a lucky guy!
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I'm never home. I miss birthdays. I miss holidays. I miss anniversaries. I miss special moments. I'm not always there for important times, because I'm out on the road trying to make people laugh. I give up my privacy. I give up the ability to walk somewhere and relax.
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A lot of my musician friends have the same kind of anxiety and panic when faced with crowds of people, and I do, too.
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They tried to make my dad play professional basketball. But he was married young, too, at 20 years old. He wanted to have a family and said that money was not enough.
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I'm not interested in who suffered the most. I'm interested in people getting over it.
