David Bach Quotes
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I'm not too interested in books about India.
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In post offices throughout the United States, Selective Service posters reading 'A Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do remind men that only they must register for the draft. If the Post Office had a poster saying 'A Jew's Gotta Do What A Jew's Gotta Do...' or if 'A Woman's Gotta Do...' were written across the body of a pregnant woman...
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Speaking of New York as a traveller I have two faults to find with it. In the first place there is nothing to see; and in the second place there is no mode of getting about to see anything.
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When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time.
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Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.
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The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people.
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The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.
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The past will continue to be your future if you drag it along with you.
