Andrew Vachss Quotes
From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.
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Age for me is just a number.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Most of my ambitions were seeded at St. John's. My time there was some of the best time I have spent on Earth thus far.
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You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good; You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright, it's alright; Sometimes that's what it takes. You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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Women belong in the bedroom and the kitchen, in that order.
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I've directed a fair amount of television series - so I'm always trying to learn new things. One episode was all hand-held and I'm trying to get better at when you should do things and when you should just shut up and watch what the people are saying.
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From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.
