Ned Vizzini Quotes
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?
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My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology.
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From now back to the past, we can observe clearly that none of us is free.
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I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.
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I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.
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Too many lives go up in smoke - It's nice to laugh but don't be the joke.
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If you do have something you love to do, the fun part of the job is no different than what was fun about doing it in high school for no money. I thought there would be some greater reward in succeeding.
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I know you can't control everything, and everything is in God's hands ultimately, but I'm going to fight, go out and perform for everybody, I don't care.
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Life is Time Management and then you're dead.
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Education is one thing and instruction, however worthy, necessary and incidentally or monetarily educative, another.
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These guys, they were so sure of their places in life--so deeply confident of their merit and their future--they didn't need any kind of front at all.
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Part of the particular interest and beauty of science fiction and fantasy: writer and reader collaborate in world-making.
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Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.
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I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.