Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and one of the funniest guys I know to this day.
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I am deeply grateful for the concern of all those who constantly prayed for my happiness.
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Part of me looks forward to a time when I have a family and a partner and I take less of my nourishment from social occasions. Having a little unit around me will make my working life easier, because it is quite lonely otherwise.
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Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.
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I love books. I've always been involved with books and I wanted to help the library in any way possible. I'm an avid reader.
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
