Todd Solondz Quotes

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

Todd Solondz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 15, 1959

Topics

HealthOptimismWorldBetterSay

I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.

John Bercow

MyselfGovernmentBelieveHouseSit

Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.

Max von Sydow

GreatHandsAdjustUpSomething

People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not. I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.

Johnny Cash

PeopleMeYouCountryNeverWild

In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.

Robert Carlyle

MoneyYouWantStickFilmLast

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

Lisa Scottoline

TruthTruth IsThinkDoingTrying

Writing has always helped me to make sense of difficult things.

Joshua Prager

MeWritingDifficultAlwaysThings

I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It's not heavy. I don't have skeletons in the closet on their way out.

Drake

MorningHeartLightManWake UpWay

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

Chuck Hagel

LeadershipPowerOpportunitiesExpand

From the hour when the Puritan baby opened his eyes in bleak New England, he had a Spartan struggle for life.

Alice Morse Earle

LifeEyesStruggleBabyNewHour

There are a lot of very good New York novels, but there's no single all-encompassing novel, the way you could look at any number of Dickens books and say we know London as a result of that.

Pete Hamill

GoodNew YorkResultYouLookKnow

Every day is quite unique, which is one of my favorite things!

Payal Kadakia

DayEvery DayUniqueThingsFavorite

As a matter of comparative, the U.S. citizens - the Puerto Ricans that live in the United States - have much better incomes, more than twice as much, participate in the labor force of greater scales, have better results in the education system, and so forth.

Ricardo Rossello

EducationLiveBetterResultsLabor

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