Aaron David Gordon Quotes
The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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History's a resource.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
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I'm very happy alone.
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David Fincher's work has all been incredibly well-received on Netflix, and Kevin Spacey's films have all worked on Netflix.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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I'm a visual person - when I write, my input is always visual. I worked in television for several years.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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Knowing one thing well empowers you and gives you a set of tricks to the trade that you can apply across the board. Go deep, and it will serve you when you make your choices about where you want to leave your mark.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it.
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You don't hear it on the radio. There's something about the voices in Sleater-Kinney that's a little too challenging to ever be on the inside.
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I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm not bored with my job. That's been the entire principle. Got my wish.
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Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job, and most people are disturbed if a man in a well- paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it.
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What Miss Moore’s best poetry does, I can say best in her words: it 'comes into and steadies the soul,' so that the reader feels himself 'a life prisoner, but reconciled.'
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The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
