Andrew Solomon Quotes
With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there.
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'
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It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old.
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I can't do anything in moderation.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.
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Saw that I could make more money in one pot than what was in that entire paycheck selling a week of office supplies.
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So while it is true that children are exposed to more information and a greater variety of experiences than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated. We always know much more than we understand, and with the torrent of information to which young people are exposed, the gap between knowing and understanding, between experience and learning, has become even greater than it was in the past.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself.
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When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor and your personality and your take on life, but actually through another portal of a character.
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With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there.
