Todd Solondz Quotes
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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If I had any humility I would be perfect.
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Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.
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I have a fierce temper. I've mastered it over the years, but when I'm angry, no one can force me to do anything I don't want to.
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I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.
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It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.
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My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.
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the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less
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I get a handsome amount. I could definitely buy a car off one of my guest appearances. & I'm not talking about a Hyundai.
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Being true to yourself means living in truth with each person in your life. It means refusing to say or do something that you don't believe is right. Living in truth with other people means that you refuse to stay in any situation where you are unhappy with the behavior of another person. You refuse to tolerate it. You refuse to compromise.
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Light was first Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation!
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Every book presents its own specific challenges, or should, and you're right that this one has a preoccupation with uncertainty. In this, Valiant Gentlemen is a rupture from previous work as its obsession is with the psychology of characters who are in states of unknowing living in unpredictable times where the stakes are unusually high.
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He was deader than a shrunken head at a Hackey Sack festival.
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You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.
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Let no person think lightly of good, saying in his or her heart, "it will not benefit me." As by the falling of raindrops a jar of water is filled, so the wise person becomes full of good, even though he or she collects it little by little.
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Do not entertain the notion that you ought to advance in your prayer. If you do, you will only find you have put on the brake instead of the acceleration. All real progress in spiritual things comes gently, imperceptibly, and is the work of God. Our crude efforts spoil it. Know yourself for the childish, limited and dependent soul you are. Remember that the only growth which matters happens without our knowledge and that trying to stretch ourselves is both dangerous and silly. Think of the Infinite Goodness, never of your own state.
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Porter is my eldest child, and I tended to be fiercely protective when he was criticized. He actually was not a big complainer about school. Simply selective in what he chose to do and say.
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Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.
