Lev Grossman Quotes
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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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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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
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Of all heroes, Spinoza was Einstein's greatest. No one expressed more strongly than he a belief in the harmony, the beauty, and most of all the ultimate comprehensibility of nature.
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I just finished 'Butter' for Weinstein, a comedy with this incredible cast - Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone - all-star cast and it was a fun set to be on. I've gotten really lucky to get all these down-to-earth cast members. 'Butter' is about butter carving in Iowa.
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I had to grow up a little fast.
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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.
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Malcolm? He's the brain of the band.
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I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
