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Leo Tolstoy Quotes

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: russian
Birth: September 9, 1828 - November 20, 1910

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Life Nature Body Go Living Defend

I will say overwhelmingly what means so much more to me than the opinion of one reviewer are the letters I get from fans who tell me how a particular book has changed their life.

Life Me Opinion Book Say Letters

I grew up in what my mom will always dispute as 'the hood.' She just doesn't like the name. But it had its similarities to any neighborhood like that. The all-black neighbors and the all-black problems and the all-black happiness. And I really loved it.

Jerrod Carmichael

Happiness Mom Problems Name Loved

Discipline tops my list of most-hated things, followed closely by portobello mushrooms.

Discipline Things Mushrooms List

I'd like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. I've admired him for 35 years. He's someone who represents integrity, honesty, art, and on top of that stuff I'm actually sleeping with him.

Shirley MacLaine

Life Integrity Honesty Art My Life

During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe.

War Losing World Internment Europe

People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.

People Loving Ignorant Human Still

I don't know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn't have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.

Family Day People Me You Pen

I actually sat down and started three Alexanders at the same time. Two of them went in the trash and got stomped on because I hated the idea so much. And the one I came up with, I got very excited by. And that's 'Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever'.

Time Best Trying Down Three Trash

I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with an outline. I write where I can see things happen, and then things get glued together.

Work Together I Can Things Happen

There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth.

Education Truth College Looking You

There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave.

Christian Slater

Time Ride Me Wave You Know

Y'know, I think, inherently, when you hear something like a teenage narrative come into play, even the idea that it's being called 'teenage' is a notion that it's being reduced to a problem that's not quite adult. That's a problematic thing to say about a narrative that could actually be dangerous, could be hurtful, could be upsetting.

Think Problem You Dangerous Play

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