Andrei Platonov Quotes
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.
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I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.
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On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.
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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.
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Writing is agony. I hate it.
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I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.
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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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I don't write any of my material down. I like to improvise and be spontaneous.
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's just hanging off a staircase or something. There's too much of this, 'don't do that'. The whole thing baffles me.
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Trixie Mattel is a product of bad things that happened to me, and it's how I deal with things. It's wonderful.
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Out of respect for custom he treats me as if all women were equally worthless. He gives custom more respect than he gives me.
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Singapore's success shows us that:
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Once you drink one glass, you want another.
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We hate our squalor.
