Charles D'Ambrosio (Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr) Quotes
I have lots of fiction in the drawer, but the essays I mostly kick out into the world, ready or not. Fiction incubates differently, I suppose.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
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I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'
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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.
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The United States and the Obama administration have consistently opposed the delegitimation of Israel. We've also consistently pushed for legitimation of Israel across the U.N. system. We uniformly oppose one-sided actions designed to punish Israel, and we will continue to do so.
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Well, here's what I'll say: The storytellers of 'Lost' have taken us on a pretty great journey, and there have been questions along the way, and criticisms along the way, but if you look at the totality of the show, or the experience of it as a whole, I think as long as you look at it from that perspective you'll be happy.
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Sail through the sea of sad faces with love. Love. Love for everyone. Drift like a little boat on a wave.
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I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles.
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I still will sit down at the piano and play when I am wrestling with something emotionally or just want to move into the musical world.
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After a long period in which the desired direction for inflation was always downward, the industrialized world's central banks must today try to avoid major changes in the inflation rate in either direction.
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But when you're alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to be open to suggestions.
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I have lots of fiction in the drawer, but the essays I mostly kick out into the world, ready or not. Fiction incubates differently, I suppose.
