Max Aaron Quotes
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
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I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is wonderful.
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I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Iain Banks.
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There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.
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I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.
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I'm someone who sits at a computer eight hours a day, and I look in that pinhole camera at the top of my screen and think, 'Someone could be watching me.'
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Remember, your vote is not a wasted vote. Vote with your heart and think about the future generations the next time you vote.
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I've always said it: I don't want to be the only Columbian playing on the PGA Tour, so, guys, just play some good golf and come join me here.
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Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had.
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I am a daddy's girl at heart, even though I'm in my 30s.
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And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
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It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.
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For each of our actions there are only consequences.
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My parents were, had a marriage of passion, and the passion was about their religious beliefs. They were both immigrant families that - well, my father's family came as Puritans to Massachusetts.
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I have always been spiritual.
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Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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I'll fight anybody.
