David Leavitt Quotes

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

David Leavitt

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I hope to work with kids any way possible.

Jenna Bush

WorkHopeWayPossibleKidsAny

The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.

Michael Chang

CommunityMeWinProudFeelingPlay

I read of the Kalamazoo girl who killed herself after reading the book. I am not at all surprised. She lived in Kalamazoo, for one thing, and then she read the book.

Mary MacLane

GirlI AmBookReadingSheLived

I didn't ask to be short. I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter.

Mickey Rooney

ShortWantMatterAskPretendGuy

My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you.

Mohammad Azharuddin

StrengthHumbleHumilityPeopleYou

Partisan politics has no place in the classroom.

Juan Cole

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Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

WorkForgivenessGodHopeJustice

Travis Kalanick was and is the perfect person to lead Uber, a product I knew from day one was going to be big.

Chris Sacca

DayPerfectPersonProductLeadBig

When I found stand-up, it was like finding home.

Bobby Lee

HomeFindingFoundLikeStand-Up

The honest truth is - and I have felt this way forever - is my largest competitor is myself. Always. I am intimidated by my own hang-ups about acting more so than anything, any part, any director.

Portia Doubleday

TruthMyselfI AmTruth IsActing

The reality is that the Republican Party may have unified government but is not unified enough on many major signature policy areas.

Kristen Soltis Anderson

GovernmentRealityEnoughPartyMay

I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you were a Christian. So I asked my father, 'Dad, why don't you wear that at work?' And he said, 'Your religion should be in your actions.' He set a great, great example.

Hugh Jackman

WorkFatherGreatReligionFishYou

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