Christina Stead Quotes
Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic
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Not only are Feiglin's people radicals and fascists but also the bearers of severe personal disturbances, which hide behind a layer of patriotic make-up under the camouflage of the Jewish faith.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I used to be vegan. I'm not anymore, but I don't eat hardly any meat. But it's nice for me to go to a place like Chipotle where I can get some fresh veggies, some brown rice, some black beans, and all that kind of stuff.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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As technology evolves, it manipulates our culture, and there's a huge opportunity to push ourselves further. I think it actually makes ourselves maybe more human, or at least human in a different way, that we can connect together in amazingly different ways and powerful new ways.
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Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control.
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I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races.
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I created 'Rookie' because I read a lot of websites that I thought were cool and interesting, but they weren't for teens, and I wanted us to have something that could be ours.
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A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind - the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much.
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I am someone who isn't always perfect.
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Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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I have been challenged with the fictional languages I have to learn. I wasn't terrible at languages at school - I got an A in French, so I did well enough - but I didn't enjoy them. I'm not even sure if that plays into how well you learn a fictional language!
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If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.
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I love the novels of Didion and Bret Ellis and consider them L.A. writers because they write about L.A.
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My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.
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If I think about what life is, I believe life is a miracle. And if I think about what a miracle is, I don’t believe in it.
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Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
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Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
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Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic
