Davis Schneiderman Quotes
I'm in a profession with a dismal success rate, in an academic field with a dismal hiring rate. And I don't write, really, about any of that - rather the institutional structures I've negotiated my way through, with healthy doses of luck, provide a breathing, parasitic glimpse into the bureaucratic monolith of the creative-degree machine.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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I'm not cynical.
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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do!
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I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.
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I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things.
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New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.
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I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
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For those who are concerned about me, please don’t be - I love Groupon, and I’m terribly proud of what we’ve created. I’m OK with having failed at this part of the journey. If Groupon was Battletoads, it would be like I made it all the way to the Terra Tubes without dying on my first ever play through.
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Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
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I always saw the best reporters as ones you hardly ever saw other than when they were back in the newsroom, writing their stories.
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I just write what comes to me. I didn't sit down and say ok, here is my statement. It's just a song that has a shout out.
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I'm in a profession with a dismal success rate, in an academic field with a dismal hiring rate. And I don't write, really, about any of that - rather the institutional structures I've negotiated my way through, with healthy doses of luck, provide a breathing, parasitic glimpse into the bureaucratic monolith of the creative-degree machine.
