Lev Grossman Quotes
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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I don't think I can name any names or anything, but this is what I've wanted to do for a long time: to have Flume as my creative outlet and to work on the biggest songs in the world, like pop, and come up with the idea and send it off.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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Larry Hagman is one of the nicest people on the planet. He is so wonderful, so loving, so giving.
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I've never been about just trying to do what works. I've been about trying to authentically express how I feel.
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No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there.
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I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.
