John Dos Passos Quotes
If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.
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I feel comfortable at 154 lbs.
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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
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Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
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I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
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I don't understand anything about America's culture.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.
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I'd been in love before - I was always in love.
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I read French much better than I speak.
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I will either be famous or infamous.
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I want everyone to live to their full potential without having to fear someone will try to knock them down or discriminate against them.
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I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy.
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My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.
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Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard to relate to. It's not a place that's built to be rainy or cold. But when the sun comes out, it bats its eyelids, it's glamorous, beautiful, attractive, smart, and it's very hard to get away from its magnetic pull.
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Don't shop when you're hungry or in a grumpy mood. You need to feel happy and confident to make the best decisions.
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There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment - one simple, simple feeling - and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes.
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I hate having my photograph taken.
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Darling, you can't promise that...but I like to hear you say it.
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That's where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.
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My grandfather, Jesse Bowman, was of Abenaki Indian descent. He could barely read and write, but I remember him as one of the kindest people I ever knew. I followed him everywhere. He showed me how to walk quietly in the woods and how to fish.
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For me, as the Government of India, the interest of the poorest of the poorest is paramount.
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I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.
