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.
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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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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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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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I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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All of my life I have asked the question, 'Who would I be if I had grown up in a loving home?' And I have no way to answer it. I don't know if I would be placid and satisfied with whatever is around me - a happy, jolly, sedentary person.
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I think what's happening with book advances is something that most of the world just doesn't fully appreciate, especially when it comes to nonfiction, because writing a book of investigative journalism is an expensive endeavor, and the system works best if you have publishers making bets on authors.
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The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.
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Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.
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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.
