Saint Augustine Quotes
It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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I'm actually beginning to believe that there is something in common among all of my characters. I'm not sure what it is exactly. But I guess that something is me.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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People don't usually compliment your character.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.
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Whenever the investor sold out in an upswing as soon as the top level of the previous well-recognized bull market was reached, he had a chance in the next bear market to buy back at one third (or better) below his selling price.
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I think that everyone is saying all kinds of things about 'rich.' Not only am I rich from doing some of things I've been able to do, but I'm rich in spirit. I'm rich in health. I'm rich in every way possible.
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The world is always somewhat vicious. I take that as a given, but at various times in various circumstances that fact will be no more than a shadow or an echo behind some poem. Other times it will be more manifest. I try to write myself into articulations of half-felt, half-known feelings, without program. I'm always working toward getting my world and, hopefully, the world outside of me into a version that makes sense of it. Viciousness requires the same precision as love does.
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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
