Avi Quotes
I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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Lady Diana Spencer looked to relatively unknown designers - David and Elizabeth Emanuel, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art - when she wed Prince Charles in 1981.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.
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I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and make sure that you surround yourself with good people, especially if you're a woman. You've got to find a team that takes you seriously as a female fighter and is not going to rush you into the ring before you're ready.
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I live in the South; there are Confederate flags everywhere.
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I know I can count on my mum and brother to be there for me through good and bad times.
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My interviews are very pointed. I'm an active participant; I will kindly interrupt people. But I've learned there is nothing people won't tell you if you ask in a compassionate and legitimately interested way.
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I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
