Alfred Kazin Quotes
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I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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My biggest hobby is airsoft, which is similar to paintball. Essentially, it's military simulation, but the guns shoot plastic BBs. My friends and I go out in the woods or the desert and play all day long!
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick.
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I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.
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When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.
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Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
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We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing, for in the broader melting pot we get to look at some of these self-destructive attributes that we bring to bear upon our own quarrels and begin to solve them in ways other than just splitting apart.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
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We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.
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When girls feel bad about their looks, 60 percent avoid normal daily activities like raising their hand in class or even going to the doctor. That means that girls do not show up for life when they don't feel good enough or pretty enough. A role model can help girls see beauty as a source of confidence, not anxiety.
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It saddens me that Christians need to be reminded that awe is owed also to those who disagree with them, who believe otherwise than they do.
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The strategy we must follow is to defend the special relationship between Great Britain and Europe and, more specifically, between Europe and France.
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The first place I gain weight is in my rear end. I love my butt, but I have a tendency to get saddlebags there, so I need to watch it.
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There you stood on the edge of your featherExpecting to fly.While I laughed, I wondered whetherI could wave goodbyeKnowin' that you'd gone.
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One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.
