Gary Shteyngart Quotes
I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first couple of years, and then the inevitable decline begins.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to promote the general interest is the one which should be adopted and adhered to with fidelity.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave.
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I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
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My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first couple of years, and then the inevitable decline begins.