Heidi Julavits Quotes
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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.
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I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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I used to love fine dining, but I lost my appetite for it to a degree because sometimes it is too much about the effort and too little about the result.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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I was really fat in school.
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Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.
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You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.
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If we are unfaithful to true self, we will extract the price from others.
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Faith is like a kernel of wheat.
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Yeah, I was born in Montreal and I go back to Vancouver and Toronto a lot, so I have a sense of being Canadian, and I was raised by two Canadians, and my wife is Canadian, so yeah, I feel it.
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Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.
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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq.
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I miss the silliness of the Nineties. What would society be like if 9/11 never happened? If that silliness was extended forever?
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If we don't build a company as influential as Google or Facebook, then we failed. I'm, like, perpetually stressed, honestly.
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Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class.
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Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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I do find it amazing that it was this sophisticated and coordinated an attack.
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When we started making 'Borgen,' no one had any idea it would have any appeal outside Denmark. No one expected it to follow the success of 'The Killing' because it's basically all about Danish politics.
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The idea that spiritual growth begins with discomfort is a fact many church members and church leaders have been unwilling or unable to embrace.
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I always think it's useful to get an outside opinion.
