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Raymond Kelly Quotes

As a city, we have to face the reality that New York's minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: public
Nationality: american
Birth: September 4, 1941

Topics

Experience City Face Reality New

I'm influenced by Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace: writers who are often not content to just stack paragraphs and have to break out of that.

Content Out Break Just Who Stack

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

John F. Kennedy

Peace War Only Secure Fact

We can conceive of eternity because we cannot conceive of a cessation of time. We can conceive of infinite space because we cannot conceive of so much matter that our imagination will not stand upon the farthest star and see infinite space beyond.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Time Imagination Space Stand Matter

There are no subtleties in a war zone. I think that's why comedy does so well there. It goes right for the gut. So those punch lines start penetrating the bullet-proof vests.

War Start Think Comedy Why Right

Every thought and word that a novelist thinks or writes is part of that castle constructed from sands on the beach of Me, including the turret or rampart or moat he may have thought or written on behalf of someone or something else.

Beach Me Thought Someone Castle May

We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.

Children Cats Pet Three Tuition

I like to have fun on photo shoots.

Fun Have Fun Like Photo Photo Shoots

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment - and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That's where respect comes from.

Respect Trust Commitment You Become

Humans are natural-born scientists. When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

Stars Sun Shine Born Know Want

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

People Action Believe Thought Most

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

Christopher Lee

Me Career New Up Rings Star

I remember that my mom, my dad and I would play different roles in mock debates, where one of us would be the moderator, one of us would be my dad - frequently not my dad - and then one of us would play his opponent.

Chelsea Clinton

Mom Remember Play Opponent Where Us

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