Alex Kotlowitz Quotes
The only thing you can do is love, because it is the only thing that leaves light inside you, instead of the total, obliterating darkness.
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It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Internal security implies also an external dimension, a defence capacity.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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We all have the archetype inside us of the enlightened being.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.
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Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.
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Transformation literally means going beyond your form.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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The people in the Upper Midwest were the same kind of people I grew up around in Idaho.
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If I change in any way, I'm not going to be the same player.
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Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyagraha I cannot, consistently with my profession, suppress the vital part of myself for the sake of being able to write on permissible subjects. ... It would be like dealing with the trunk without the head.
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If you're comfortable on a horse, you're comfortable on a horse. It's like being on a motorbike.
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Intrinsic to the concept of a translator's fidelity to the effect and impact of the original is making the second version of the work as close to the first writer's intention as possible. A good translator's devotion to that goal is unwavering. But what never should be forgotten or overlooked is the obvious fact that what we read in a translation is the translator's writing. The inspiration is the original work, certainly, and thoughtful literary translators approach that work with great deference and respect, but the execution of the book in another language is the task of the translator, and that work should be judged and evaluated on its own terms. Still, most reviewers do not acknowledge the fact of translation except in the most perfunctory way, and a significant majority seem incapable of shedding light on the value of the translation or on how it reflects or illuminates the original.
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I usually work seven days a week and rarely take vacations, which is both lame and unsustainable. I don't mind the idea of writing seven days a week, I suppose. Getting some work done early in the morning. But ideally I would love to take one day a week off.
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The only thing you can do is love, because it is the only thing that leaves light inside you, instead of the total, obliterating darkness.
