Ned Vizzini Quotes
She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)
Quotes to Explore
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While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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I believe that government should confine itself to the public realm and that it should be as stripped down as possible, within reason. It should not be burdened by excess bureaucracy.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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You have to trust that the script is right and be comfortable with everything, and then you just have to go for it and disregard anything you've previously heard or felt about it.
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I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.
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In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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Something just happens when you're making a record, where certain things start to come out. It's just something in the air.
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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?
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You don't need the White House to please people. You can be 24, earning $22,000 a year, and have people over to your tiny apartment. It's all about sharing and thinking about what will make others happy.
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I am just happy that I have children. I don't care what they want to do!
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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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If you're ever in a dark place, don't resort to violence. Talk to someone; whether it be a therapist, teacher, parent, or just someone you can trust. We all have our dark places and it's important that you get help.
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She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)
