Bill Konigsberg Quotes
In the grand scheme of the universe, that doesn't amount to a parasite on an ant on the butt of an elephant.
Bill Konigsberg
Quotes to Explore
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
W. Somerset Maugham
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
Irwin Shaw
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
Wavy Gravy
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
Vicki Delany
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
Vanessa Bayer
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
Harold Prince
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Folks should do their own fuckin', then they wouldn't want to listen to a lot of clatfart about another man's.
D. H. Lawrence
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All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh.
Jack Kerouac
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Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; … and I have been appointed leader of the Greeks …
Arrian
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If I could visit dead authors, I'd head right over to E. B. White, though I'm so in awe of him I'd probably just sit at his feet and weep. He's the master of clarity, of understated humor, of palatable political conviction.
Elizabeth Berg
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It sounds really cliched, but just be true to who you are.
Emily Ratajkowski
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To be honest, I can't wait to be a dad. I really hope that that's how the cookie crumbles for me.
Lucas Neff
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There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
Don Marquis
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I always had dreams. I knew I wanted to have money to buy things at the flea market. That's worked out well.
Debi Mazar
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A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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'Everybody thinks they’re doing the right thing, kid. All the time. It’s about the only rule that explains how fucked-up this universe is.' A wan smile crept across her face. 'Nobody is a villain in their own head, are they? We all know we’re doing the right thing, which is why we’re in this mess.'
Charles Stross
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God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.
Pierce Brosnan
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In the grand scheme of the universe, that doesn't amount to a parasite on an ant on the butt of an elephant.
Bill Konigsberg
