Lev Grossman Quotes
I've read plenty of J.G. Ballard, but I'm not really a Ballardian. I've met Ballardians, and I know when I can't compete. I like Ballard in his relatively unchallenging apocalyptic mode: 'Vermilion Sands,' 'The Drowned World,' 'The Burning World,' 'The Crystal World.'

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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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I still have a young attitude.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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Mom worked as a school librarian, and she felt summers were for education.
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I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
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The world is getting smaller and smaller every day. We cannot find ourselves dependent on somebody who is untrustworthy.
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I've read plenty of J.G. Ballard, but I'm not really a Ballardian. I've met Ballardians, and I know when I can't compete. I like Ballard in his relatively unchallenging apocalyptic mode: 'Vermilion Sands,' 'The Drowned World,' 'The Burning World,' 'The Crystal World.'