Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
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Football is good, but family, close friends, my brothers - I have family everywhere - is the most important thing.
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A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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In every relationship, the work is never just in the positive actions we do for each other, but in the follow up.
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I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
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That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.
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I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.'
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'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky attitudes into the past.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.
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I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Our show proves that some pretty incredible things can happen when people come together.
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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
