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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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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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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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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A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open.
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As a filmmaker, you have to stand in front of what you did and make choices that you could do with a clear conscience.
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I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.
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I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.
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I do love cars.
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Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing.
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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.
