Hector Tobar Quotes
What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of our reality. And, so, we have to work even harder as writers against this tide of silliness, against this tide of superficiality, against this horrible Greek chorus on Twitter where everyone is insulting each other and now we have an insulter-in-chief, who's risen to the presidency by insulting people.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
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You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness.
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My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll.
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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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You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest - you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one.
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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I like politics. I like traveling in the United States.
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Fashion nowadays is all about product - bags and shoes - and you're kind of a product yourself, aren't you?
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Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
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I remember my father, when I said I was going down to Little Rock to work for Governor Clinton's run for president, he thought maybe somebody needed to check the medication cabinet. He thought somebody was playing around with it. He had never heard of him, he said. I said, 'Well, I think he's going to be the next President of the United States.'
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Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.
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I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.
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I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there's stuff that goes on that's bush-league. It's laughable.
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The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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Fans don't like owners. They know they are somewhere - actually, in Germany, some owners are anonymous. Fans don't sympathize with owners, so ownership stays in the back.
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That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.
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What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of our reality. And, so, we have to work even harder as writers against this tide of silliness, against this tide of superficiality, against this horrible Greek chorus on Twitter where everyone is insulting each other and now we have an insulter-in-chief, who's risen to the presidency by insulting people.
