Darin Strauss Quotes

What makes writing a memoir difficult is harder to quantify. Is it learning to know when you're ready to talk about something? Is it seeing the structure in a lumpen mass of fact? Is it finding out what you were really like as other people saw you? Yes to each.

Darin Strauss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1970

Topics

LearningPeopleWritingFindingYou

At the gym, I do full-body circuits with low weights and high repetitions, as well as four or five cardio intervals thrown into the mix. I put a lot of emphasis on core strength and flexibility training. I also do a lot of running in my free time. Anytime I can move my cardio outside in the sunshine, I do.

Jill Wagner

StrengthTimeSunshineTrainingFree

I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP.

Joel Embiid

ChanceYearWantDefensivePlayer

'Almost' is about uncertainty soon to be dismissed but not quite dispelled. 'Almost' is about revelation to come but not entirely promised.

Andre Aciman

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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Andre Gide

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I'm usually at home and in bed by 10 o'clock. I do not want to be out at anybody's New Year's Eve party.

Andre Leon Talley

HomeYearPartyBedNewWant

To be honest, I don't think I'm an actor. I'm a creator - or try to be.

Maximilian Schell

ThinkActorTryHonestCreator

I do remember seeing Audio Adrenaline and The Newsboys, basically Christian rock, because that was what I was allowed to see by my parents.

Matty Mullins

ParentsChristianRememberSeeing

How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script?

John Rhys-Davies

StupidYouTurnLordRingsFilm

I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement.

Michelle Dockery

SuccessStoryThinkNewEqualWhere

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

Michelle Obama

ChangeTimeI AmPeopleMoving

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

Luc de Clapiers

StrengthCharacterPeopleYouWant

The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.

Pierre Salinger

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