Adam Garfinkle Quotes
Should we be afraid? Yes. But understand that what we think we fear may not exhaust its real sources.
Quotes to Explore
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.
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I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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Girls grow up scarred by caution and enter adulthood eager to shake free of their parents' worst nightmares. They still know to be wary of strangers. What they don't know is whether they have more to fear from their friends.
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Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It's all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it's over. That's Hollywood.
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Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
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I think the beautiful thing about the past is that it leads you to the present.
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There's times when I just have to quit thinking... and the only way I can quit thinking is by shopping.
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I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.
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Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all.
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There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.
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We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.
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Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, won’t it? The private core will always be ...hermetic, won’t it?
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Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts.
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The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.
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We needed to face that darkness. And we did, together. I will tell you something that I want you to remember. If you forget all my other words, remember these: when you find the one thing in your life you believe in above anything else, you owe it to yourself to stand by it—it will never come again, child. And if you believe in it unwaveringly, the world has no other choice but to see it as you do, eventually. For who knows it better than you? Don’t be afraid to take a difficult stand, darling. Find the one thing that matters—everything else will resolve itself.
