Gary Shteyngart Quotes
I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
Quotes to Explore
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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I think the technology will get bigger and the price of Bitcoin will go up, so I'm speculating to increase my purchasing power. But I don't intend to sell the Bitcoin. I intend to hold it until there's a day where I can just use Bitcoin completely.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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If I am in London I like a quick get away to The Olde Bell in Hurley... It's nearby and no stress - great food and beautiful walks.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.
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I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.
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When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.
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Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed or glossed over wherever they conflict with orthodoxy.
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The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.... Always remember that.
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I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
