David James Quotes
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When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.
Kate Grenville
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Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.
Otto Weininger
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When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I wore shorts, and the nurse said to me, in front of all my friends, that I was anorexic and that she had to monitor me to make sure I was eating. Because of that trauma, I never wore short pants or short skirts until I was 20.
Hani Furstenberg
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You don't have to be the biggest, tallest, strongest guy to do whatever you want to do. You can do anything. There's tall doctors, short doctors. It doesn't matter. You don't have to be the tallest guy to play the sport of basketball, football or whatever you want to play.
Nate Robinson
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When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.
Tea Obreht
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
H. G. Wells
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I just feel like everyone and their mother thinks they can be an artist. You can't. Sorry. I know I was born to be one.
Paz de la Huerta
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For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.
Mother Teresa
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It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great.
Carly Patterson
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A guy called up, and in his lead, he said, 'We've talked before. I used to be with US but now I'm for SELF.' And I was like, 'I guess we know everything now, don't we?' … I kind of laughed and I went, 'I guess a lot of people are like that.' And he paused and went, 'Uhhh… what?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing.'
Penn Jillette
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Life is short. It's God's fault. Sorry.
David James
