Alfred Kazin Quotes
If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side in alternate years.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
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Most people hoard their money - just keep it in the bank. Bitcoin will really take off when people start spending it, creating a velocity of money.
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When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.
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I always say, if I tell you a joke right now and it's funny, you laugh. Now, we set the lights, and I tell you the joke again, it's hard to find it funny the second time.
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The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
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The lion is most handsome when looking for food.
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
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I fervently believe that, as someone has said before, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.
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If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side in alternate years.
