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.
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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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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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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 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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There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.
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Part of what we talk about is, toughness is a talent.
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We all know what it's like to want to have that support from our family members and the people that we love, especially our parents.
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Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.
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I live on broken wittles - and I sleep on the coals.
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No other success can compensate for failure in the home.
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I don't see why the young in Prague or Budapest or Warsaw shouldn't be allowed to go to hell in a handcart if they want to. They do it everywhere else and they have great fun doing so.
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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.
