Jonathan Galassi Quotes
Giving oneself permission to write to begin with is the first enormous challenge. But you discover that this permission involves a requirement: To write about things that are difficult because they are, in fact, your subject.
Quotes to Explore
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great options for keeping it moisturized.
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation.
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I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.
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People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.
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One person's rights do not have to come at the expense of another's. If we can find common ground on religious freedom and LGBT issues in Utah - one of the nation's most religious and conservative states - we can do it anywhere in the country.
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Here's an idea: Spend two or three hours a day at least five days a week in front of a bookstore wearing a sandwich board with your bookcover on it while you chase and chat with anyone you can corral and who is willing to talk to you.
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I come from the bottom of the ladder. I'm from Norwich. Not many people seem to know about it.
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I am the luckiest man in the world.
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To me, one of the most beautiful things to see is a group of men coordinating their efforts toward a common goal, alternately subordinating and asserting themselves to achieve real teamwork in action. I tried to do that, we all tried to do that, on the Celtics. I think we succeeded.
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As a rule, with me an unfinished [idea] is a thing that might as well be rubbed out. It's better, if there's something good in it that I might make use of elsewhere, to leave it at the back of my mind than on paper in a drawer. If I leave it in a drawer it remains the same thing but if it's in the memory it becomes transformed into something else.
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I was really good at Latin at school, and because I was good at it, I got more interested and got better at it.
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Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs.
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Giving oneself permission to write to begin with is the first enormous challenge. But you discover that this permission involves a requirement: To write about things that are difficult because they are, in fact, your subject.
