Ned Vizzini Quotes
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There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.
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He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.
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My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it.
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The United States and the Obama administration have consistently opposed the delegitimation of Israel. We've also consistently pushed for legitimation of Israel across the U.N. system. We uniformly oppose one-sided actions designed to punish Israel, and we will continue to do so.
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I try not to brand myself 'weird' any more because it sticks.
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There are as many perfections as there are imperfect men. And while to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all.
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To be able to pitch in the postseason is great, and to be able to go out there and throw the ball well and help your team win is a great feeling.
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I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college.
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I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.
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Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up.
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They don't call me spontaneous and irreverant for nothing.
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There would really be no reason to get up in the morning if Founders Fund was not willing to invest in companies that were doing important things, great businesses that very few people believe in.
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I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that we couldn't function in the world without stereotypes.
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A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.