Ned Vizzini Quotes
Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.
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Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
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Only lies and evil come from letting people off.
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Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
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Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
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The more tightly you cling to your faith, the looser your grip is on reality.
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When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to stay in that character and see the world the way that character would It's almost like method acting in a way — keeping the character close the way the actor keeps a script close and always tries to be in character.
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I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.
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So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.
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Some poems take two to three years to finish. Rarely, a poem will arrive whole. It's nice when that happens. However, process has become so grueling for me over the past few years that when one of my students uses the word "inspiration" I practically shriek with laughter.
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Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.
