David Bezmozgis Quotes
When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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I can afford to say what I wish.
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I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.
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Two ideas in his head at once would constitute an unlawful assembly.
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I always had to have a job in the summer when I was at school. It was about teaching me, and my brother and sisters, a good work ethic and making sure we knew there were no handouts. We had to find our own way in this world.
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Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
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I can believe in myself, and I feel like I'm such a strong and talented designer.
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They greatly respected scholarship in itself, but they also impressed upon us that there were great opportunities available for those who were well educated. I received my primary and secondary education in Chicago.
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I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof.
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I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks.
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You love doing music, and wouldn't do anything else in the world. But it's a grind.
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I don't want to be known as a 'player.' I don't want to give plastic smiles on television and say 'No comments.'
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It was a marvelous engine for doing violence to the spirit of thousands of laws without actually running afoul of so much as a city ordinance.
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For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.
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I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.
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When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.
