Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Genius still means to me, in my Russian fastidiousness and pride of phrase, a unique dazzling gift. The gift of James Joyce, and not the talent of Henry James.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.
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There's a puppy store near where I live. They know me by name in there because I go so often.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'
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If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.
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We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
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It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.
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Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.
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When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.
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When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.
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We are not bearing our crosses every time we have a headache; an aspirin tablet will take care of that. What is meant is the trouble we would not have if we were not Christians.
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Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.
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The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him
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I always wanted to be a band singer, and of course it was the total end of the big band, but I got the last job. It was a very lucky break.
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I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about.
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Genius still means to me, in my Russian fastidiousness and pride of phrase, a unique dazzling gift. The gift of James Joyce, and not the talent of Henry James.
