Andrew Solomon Quotes
The idea of anyone contemplating our family and witnessing the affection that we all have for one another and seeing evil in it is deeply hurtful and sad; and also deeply bewildering.
Quotes to Explore
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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Most mutations involve typos: Something bumps a cell's elbow as it's copying DNA, and the wrong letter appears in a triplet - CAG becomes CCG.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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Every villain needs her story told.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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The United States was an innocent victim after September 11. It had never attacked or occupied Afghanistan. So therefore it had no choice but to go after the aggressors.
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I never thought I was the most beautiful model out there or the most sexy woman, but I was a hard worker.
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I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.
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In many ways, I think I'm still forming my ideas about my own identity in this world.
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I never thought I was the most beautiful model out there or the most sexy woman, but I was a hard worker.
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The idea of anyone contemplating our family and witnessing the affection that we all have for one another and seeing evil in it is deeply hurtful and sad; and also deeply bewildering.
