Lev Grossman Quotes
I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
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Americans want to believe that we are a nation of laws, and no one is above them, including the president. Mr. Trump's and his associates' actions during his campaign and during his brief time in office are extremely troubling.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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My friends like to play as me in the baseball games, and they call to tell me about every bag I steal. And you know, every time a new game comes out, I check to make sure my speed is up to par. But to me, when you talk video games, you're talking 'Madden.'
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The deployment of geolocating tags attached to ordinary garbage could paint a surprising picture of the waste management system, as trash is shipped throughout the country in a maze-like disposal process - as we saw in Seattle with our own Trash Track project.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.
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I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
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My family is certainly very vocal. They're very Italian. A lot of our holidays end with people screaming at each other across the room. And everyone's very opinionated and intelligent. A lot of my aunts and uncles are wildly educated, and their opinions reflect that. We're all very liberal.
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I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up.
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I'm not optimistic.
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I like the constant rise and fall of the British film industry. But above all, I like the workhorses who kept going no matter what.
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I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
