Joan Didion Quotes
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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We will stand by the Paris climate deal.
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It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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I'll always be tough on myself.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.
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I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.
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When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
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I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.
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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.
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Human affairs require some combination of moral commitment with disciplined political action. And that is what keeps me intrigued and challenged and wanting to influence events.
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Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion.
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Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.
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I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times. We used two storyboards in 'Margaret': one for the bus accident and for the opera sequence at the end.
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Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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Let your former selves teach you, but never limit or define you
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Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
