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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It would be nice to have radio support, not that we've ever had that much trouble with it.
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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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We're not co-sleeping. I'm all for what people want to do in their home, but I need my bed. I'm a terrible sleeper... I toss and turn and flip, and it would just be a disaster if there were a baby there. And I think it's important for a kid to have their own space.
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When hosting a party, move any clutter from the space where you're entertaining.
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Experience proves that in this life peace and satisfaction are had, not by the listless but by those who are fervent in God's service. And rightly so. For in their effort to overcome themselves and to rid themselves of self-love, they rid themselves of the roots of all passion and unrest.
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Of all the questions about the future of leadership that we can raise for ourselves, we can be certain in our answer to only one: 'Who will lead us?' The answer, of course, is that we will be lead by those we have taught, and they will lead us as we have shown them they should.
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I think Hillary Clinton's been's depressing democratic turnout.
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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.
