Lev Grossman Quotes
I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.
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I actually have no style whatsoever. I'm the worst. I have people I talk to, and I say, 'Please tell me how to dress because I don't know what I'm doing.' The biggest thing for me is my mom. I'm like, 'Mom, do I look good?' If she says yes, I'm good to go.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
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One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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When people look and decide they have nothing in common with me - I'm 43, balding, blond, whatever - there's something absolutely invigorating about winning them over. Even if it's eight people from Sweden who don't understand what I'm talking about.
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You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it.
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You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life. Players may laugh about it and say it's funny, but right down in their heart, they don't think it's funny at all, and they have no respect for a person who cheats.
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I don't want a life without my mom in it, but I'm not someone who curls up in the fetal position and says, 'Mommy, take care of me!' I don't like people catering to me. It feels so awkward and uncomfortable.
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There is nothing more fundamental for public workers to know if they are going to be partly laid off.
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I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern.
