Richard LaGravenese Quotes
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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I'm not in a position to go back into public service.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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Practice the brotherhood, love, and cooperation insistently enjoined by hundreds of Qur'anic verses and traditions of the Prophet!
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I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
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Good material is good material.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.
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I'm savoring being in California every minute, learning that traffic is just God's way of saying 'Hi.'
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I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.
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I believe that if it were possible to scrap the whole of existing literature, all writers would find themselves inevitably producing something very close to SF ... No other form of fiction has the vocabulary of ideas and images to deal with the present, let alone the future.
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Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.
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The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.
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Receiving personal revelation is not a passive process. As we seek such revelations, we must prepare for these sacred experiences.
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You can have the best training, but just feeling full can make you sluggish and cause you to lose.
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What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.
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I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but I don't feel the immediate need to be playing for people.
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I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.
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If I can make a living as a writer, I can do anything.
