Scott Stossel Quotes
Somehow, in many of those near-miss instances, I've managed to fight through and continue. But in all these situations, even when they're apparently going well, I feel I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
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As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck.
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The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.
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As is the case for many people with multiple sclerosis, the effects of weakened limbs, spasticity and fatigue had cut my working life in half. Yet not a single GP, neurologist or nurse, and none of the MS websites, had mentioned the use of neuroenhancers for the treatment of neurological fatigue.
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The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.
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I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
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I have never declared myself an Indigenous politician; I am not an Indigenous Chief Minister.
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In the urgent aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, with more attacks thought to be imminent, analysts wanted to use 'contact chaining' techniques to build what the NSA describes as network graphs of people who represented potential threats.
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I'm very happy for the Contreras family. They're out. Now they've got a chance to experience life the way I did as a kid. You know, his kids are going to have a real chance in life now, and the same way that I had it.
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Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.
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If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.
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As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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I love the smell of a real Christmas tree - also, my mum's Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.
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A media-only campaign has its advantages, but it also has its very severe disadvantages.
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I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.
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Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago.
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Somehow, in many of those near-miss instances, I've managed to fight through and continue. But in all these situations, even when they're apparently going well, I feel I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive.
