Ned Vizzini Quotes
People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.
Quotes to Explore
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories to tell.
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
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We're going to be treated very poorly, I think that goes with the territory, and you have to get over it, get beyond it and know who you are among your peers and especially among your family when you look in the mirror.
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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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If I was born 400 years ago instead of now, I wouldn't have the life I have. There were freak shows, and there was horrible discrimination.
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While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
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Baseball's rich in wonderful statistics, but it's hard to find one more beautiful than Stan Musial's hitting record. He didn't care where he was, he just hit.
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Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world.
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I've always thrown myself into different kinds of experiences, sometimes into really bad things. But, you grow up. You become more of a woman and you know yourself. I think knowing yourself is a wonderful thing especially when you're in your 40s and you're kind of in your skin. Life is not so confusing anymore.
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People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.
