Chaim Potok Quotes
If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.
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As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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I'm a slow starter.
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For more than a quarter of a century on active duty, my house has been my tent, and my home the battlefield.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that it's just for me, and there's other things that could basically be for anybody or be anything, at least until the lyrics start to get written.
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I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later.
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The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.
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Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
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I will raise a book to Brian Thomsen.
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I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.
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If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.
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I swim all the time at night - I've always been a water girl. It's a black-bottom pool and my pool light was out, and as I've done a thousand times I just kind of did a little seal dive. I saw a huge bright light and I literally thought, 'That's it.'
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The purpose that you were created Man is exactly this: to prove, you too, with your life and with your work that everything can and should be done without any purpose. To be accomplished as the entire creation is accomplished.
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I am for people. I can't help it.
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Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.
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I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.
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If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.
