Andrew Gross Quotes
One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written in the U.S.
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Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.
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I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from the age of 50 on, and have PSA and DRE tests. With early detection, you can have an early cure.
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I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
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I like a quiet life.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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When I was really small, my mother had difficulty keeping me dressed, as I liked to be naked! I definitely had very strong ideas on what I wanted to wear. My favourite look was always Action Man and Spiderman. Now though, I really like beautiful clothes.
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Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.
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When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent.
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As a father, I've tried to encourage my children to have a broader and deeper emotional life than I've had. I want my sons to be able to express their feelings about things.
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What has soul in it differs from what has not, in that the former displays life. Now this word has more than one sense, and provided any one alone of these is found in a thing we say that thing is living. Living, that is, may mean thinking or perception or local movement and rest, or movement in the sense of nutrition, decay and growth. Hence we think of plants also as living, for they are observed to possess in themselves an originative power through which they increase or decrease in all spatial directions.
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I can do anything I set my mind to if I believe and am realistic.
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But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
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One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written in the U.S.
