Larry Merchant Quotes
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt out.
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.
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Historically, in India, the strange fact was that the equity owner was not taking as much hit as the lender. Therefore, if we restore the first principle of economics, that first the equity owner needs to take the hit and then the lender, we will get a good solution.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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I'm happiest when I'm moving.
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YouTube, as longer form, the content you make there has to keep you entertained for three minutes - or five minutes.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
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But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basically.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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Remember when the music Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire, For we believed in things, and so we'd sing.
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There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power.
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Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead.
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Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got an attitude, man, and I love it, and that's what we need.
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I'm a digital reader. When I travel abroad, I don't want to pack physical books, and I even like reading on my smartphone.
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No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.
