David Leavitt Quotes

It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.

David Leavitt

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Believe it or not, I like the 'Rumble.' It's extremely unpredictable and over-the-top. Everyone in the WWE universe looks forward to it. It becomes that one event each year where people center around.

John Cena

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It's really tough to be an active member of your church when you travel so much, but that's the stuff that keeps you going.

Andy Mineo

TravelToughChurchYouActiveYour

Usually I'm the one asking somebody to do something because I don't know how to finish it. I'm like, 'Do this for me' because I'm just resistant to learning.

Amy Sedaris

LearningMeKnowFinishAskingJust

Psychopaths view any social exchange as a 'feeding opportunity,' a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only one winner. Their motives are to manipulate and take, ruthlessly and without remorse.

Robert D. Hare

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There's nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy.

Rodney Atkins

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Crony capitalism is not capitalism - it is cronyism.

Rupert Murdoch

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I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

Denis Johnson

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I'm going to have to call up Spike Lee. I did a cameo for him in 'Malcolm X,' and I'm trying to get him to do my life story and the history of the Black Panther Party.

Bobby Seale

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Dream big work hard.

Sheryl Swoopes

WorkWork HardDreamHardBig

I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

Paul Theroux

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Regardless of your marital status, your age, or the language you speak, you are a beloved spirit daughter of Heavenly Father who is destined to play a critical part in the onward movement of the gospel kingdom.

Sheri L. Dew

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It's just not our style to put our names on the philanthropy we've done. It's not in the Jewish tradition of tzedakah.

Norman Braman

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