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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Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.
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You have to show the character is confused or scared or happy through your voice instead of with your face and body.
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There is poetry in fiction. If you cannot see it and feel it when you write, you need to step back and examine what you are doing wrong. If you have not figured out how to write a simple declarative sentence and make it sing with that poetry, you are not yet ready to write an entire book.
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The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.
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The end of the decline of the Stock Market will probably not be long, only a few more days at most.
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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.
