Siegfried Lenz Quotes
I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.
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A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.
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My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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Many U.S. organizations believe that I am being barred from the country not because of my actions but because of my ideas. The conclusion seems inescapable.
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I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
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Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
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If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
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When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.
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With homosexual marriage gaining converts among the young, the party of the Moral Majority declines to stand with Chick-fil-A.
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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I guess my feeling is is that if you're going to make a joke, that's fine, but you should also sort of stand behind it, you know? A joke should be more than a joke, it should be a point that you're trying to make.
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The history of using mice to stand in for humans in medical experiments is replete with failures.
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I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.
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As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.
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I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
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I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal opportunity.
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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
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When you listen intensely to anything, you see how it can be improved.
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All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try to tell the kids in the Seventies who were screaming to the Bee Gees that their music was just The Beatles redone. There is nothing wrong with the Bee Gees.
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If you want a database, you don't go out and say you're going to write it. I see platforms as going in that direction.
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I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.
