Gary Krist Quotes
When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death.
Quotes to Explore
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The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened.
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I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
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The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.
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There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.
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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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I have always - at least, ever since I can remember - had a kind of longing for death.'
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It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.
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As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.
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The prevailing view was that girls were outside of school because of the resistance of families to their education. But when I visited a local village, what everyone told me - the chiefs, the parents, the children - was that girls weren't in school because it was the boys that had a better chance of getting paid work in the future.
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All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others.
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When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death.
