David Sheff Quotes
At my worst, I even resented Nic because an addict, at least when high, has a momentary respite from his suffering. There is no similar relief for parents or children or husbands or wives or others who love them.
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We shred every day.
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If you think about what folks have been doing for 20 or 30 years, they have been bottling frustration and resentment that the political elites don't understand them, that the political elites don't care about them, that the political elites judge them in various ways. All Donald Trump does is provide the opposite of those things.
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.
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I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people.
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We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.
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I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.
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You make a movie with some people, you become friends over the process of making this movie and then... you go your own way.
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The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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You want your kids to grow with the right culture and values, and the toughest part would be finding out how to instill those values in your kids.
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Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don't believe it, ask your mom!
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I had to understand the whole bounty hunting thing, because we don't have that in Venezuela. Nothing similar at all, at least not legal.
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I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.
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The prose writer drags meaning along with a rope, the poet makes it stand out and hit you.
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It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.
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My name is on the door, and I care very much about the design that gets put out. I'm sorry, but it has to be my way. You learn that by working for people like I. M. Pei. You think he isn't a design tyrant? Is Calvin Klein a tyrant? When it came to his dresses, he had to be.
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
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To understand and reconnect with our stories, the stories of the ancestors, is to build our identities.
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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
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At my worst, I even resented Nic because an addict, at least when high, has a momentary respite from his suffering. There is no similar relief for parents or children or husbands or wives or others who love them.
