Lydia Davis Quotes
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The secret to longevity, as I see it, has less to do with diet, or even exercise, and more to do with the environment in which a person lives: social and physical. What do I mean by this? They live rewardingly inconvenient lives.
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I am not too intelligent.
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Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there.
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Mangroves, salt marshes and sea grass lock away carbon at up to five times the rate of tropical forests.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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We do not need the empire to give us anything.
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Because of my childhood where I was constantly by myself, I always feel lonely. I have a lot of people that I absolutely love and I know love me but I can't get rid of that feeling of loneliness no matter who I'm with - even with my children.
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I would never do another sitcom. It was so boring I wanted to pull my fingernails off.
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Women have to control their fertility for 30 years. Thirty years is a long time not to make mistakes.
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When you achieve a certain amount of success, you want to be doing something else.
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I have to say I find it totally astounding that my albums do as well as they do. It's quite extraordinary, and it's actually very touching for me for the albums to be received with such warmth.
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When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France. I could say, 'O.K., that's it; merci.' But I'm not interested in that.
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My feet are always on the ground. My family and friends make sure I stay there.
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'Is it the regency you want, or me?''The regency. You, sweetheart, are the worthless dross that comes with it.'
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If we are to inspire men to father it also helps to stop reflexively condemning men as afraid of commitment and address what they are afraid of. –page246.
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We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.
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'Thanks be to God,' says the Admiral; 'the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it, so fragrant it is.'
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Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.
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I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it's much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress.
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I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.
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If a person is cold and rigid, he feels within himself as if he were in a grave. He is not living, he cannot enjoy this life for he cannot express himself and he cannot see the light and life outside. What keeps man from developing the heart quality? His exacting attitude. He wants to make a business of love. He says, 'If you will love me, I will love you.' As soon as a man measures and weighs his favors and his services and all that he does for one whom he loves, he ceases to know what love is. Love sees the beloved and nothing else.
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There can be no peace with someone who wants to kill you.
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I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.
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I first read 'Madame Bovary' in my teens or early twenties.
