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David Rakoff Quotes

Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made Picture Quote #1

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It’s Adam and Steven Picture Quote #1

Those weeks before diagnosis can be among the most torturous times. There is a reason you’re called a patient once the plastic bracelet goes on Picture Quote #1

I’m anti-religious. I don’t like people telling me what to do Picture Quote #1

Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up Picture Quote #1

In the window, I fantasize... about providing grown-ups and children alike with the greatest gift of all: insight Picture Quote #1

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A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn’t make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn’t make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure. But that bless-his/her-heart kind of melancholic humor is among my favorite things in the world. I guess it exposes a kind of humanity - or that’s the hope, at least - a kind of grudging respect for human frailty. Unless it’s actually kicking human frailty while it’s down - I’m not sure Picture Quote #1

I don’t particularly consider myself an actor. I have no training. I love doing it, but I would never consider myself to be a colleague of an actual actor. That would be stepping way up in class on my part Picture Quote #1

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It’s Adam and Steven Picture Quote #1

It’s the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me. The faulty logic that believes that the capacity to adore a nonhuman creature is somehow a purer form of love Picture Quote #1

I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. I appreciate honesty Picture Quote #1

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Let’s face it: professing a deep interest in movies, the absolutely dominant global art form of the last century, is at this point like professing an interest in air. Passion is nice. Erudition is admirable. But it’s like that moment when good manners cross over into meaningless etiquette Picture Quote #1

Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that’s pure sugar, because the stakes are so low Picture Quote #1

Everyone has an internal age, a time in life when one is, if not one’s best, then at very least one’s most authentic self. I always felt that my internal clock was calibrated somewhere between 47 and 53 years old Picture Quote #1

Not being funny doesn’t make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does Picture Quote #1

Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that’s pure sugar, because the stakes are so low Picture Quote #1

I had a beautiful childhood and a lovely childhood. I just didn’t like being a child. I didn’t like the rank injustice of not being listened to. I didn’t like the lack of autonomy Picture Quote #1

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I can see a great beauty in acknowledging the fact that the world is dark Picture Quote #1

Before I sat down and became a writer, before I began to do it habitually and for my living, there was a decades-long stretch when I was terrified that it would suck, so I didn’t write. I think that marks a lot of people, a real terror at being bad at something, and unfortunately, you are always bad before you can get a little better Picture Quote #1

I cannot escape the feeling that I was, at best, a cancer tourist, that my survival means I dabbled Picture Quote #1

We’re creatures of contact regardless of whether/ we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together Picture Quote #1

Deprived of the opportunity to judge one another by the cars we drive, New Yorkers, thrown together daily on mass transit, form silent opinions based on our choices of subway reading. Just by glimpsing the cover staring back at us, we can reach the pinnacle of carnal desire or the depths of hatred. Soul mate or mortal enemy Picture Quote #1

Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new cancer that they should be embracing as much life as they can. Time’s a-wasting, go out and have yourself a fantastic day! Fantastic days are for goners Picture Quote #1

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About the only thing that I have - or had, because it’s failing me lately - is my memory. I had a really good memory. I was always terribly protective of that fact Picture Quote #1

It’s rare that I’m not at work on some sort of craft project. I’ve often enthused about the need to make things; how it employs a unique set of muscles - physical, intellectual, spiritual - that I can attain a state of flow when making something that I almost never can when writing Picture Quote #1

Play It Again Sam’s opening shot is the same as ‘Purple Rose’s final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I’ve certainly felt that in my life. I’ve been known to cry watching Gene Kelly Picture Quote #1

I value kindness in myself and others. I try to remain super-vigilant about my targets and make extra sure that my sometimes barbed comments are deserved and in response to genuine malefaction Picture Quote #1

Central to living a life that is good is a life that’s forgiving. We’re creatures of contact, regardless of whether we kiss or we wound Picture Quote #1

Not far from my apartment, within a stretch of no more than 500 feet, there are two doggie gyms where Gotham’s canines who aren’t getting enough exercise running through the city’s parks, or are neglecting their all-important doggie glutes and abs, can go for a workout. What can I say? This appalls me Picture Quote #1

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Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made (David Rakoff Quotes) Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It’s Adam and Steven (David Rakoff Quotes) Those weeks before diagnosis can be among the most torturous times. There is a reason you’re called a patient once the plastic bracelet goes on (David Rakoff Quotes) I’m anti-religious. I don’t like people telling me what to do. (David Rakoff Quotes) Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up. (David Rakoff Quotes) In the window, I fantasize... about providing grown-ups and children alike with the greatest gift of all: insight (David Rakoff Quotes) A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn’t make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn’t make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art (David Rakoff Quotes) I’m not sure. But that bless-his/her-heart kind of melancholic humor is among my favorite things in the world. I guess it exposes a kind of humanity - or that’s the hope, at least - a kind of grudging respect for human frailty. Unless it’s actually kicking human frailty while it’s down - I’m not sure (David Rakoff Quotes) I don’t particularly consider myself an actor. I have no training. I love doing it, but I would never consider myself to be a colleague of an actual actor. That would be stepping way up in class on my part. (David Rakoff Quotes) Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It’s Adam and Steven. (David Rakoff Quotes) It’s the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me. The faulty logic that believes that the capacity to adore a nonhuman creature is somehow a purer form of love. (David Rakoff Quotes) I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. I appreciate honesty. (David Rakoff Quotes) Let’s face it: professing a deep interest in movies, the absolutely dominant global art form of the last century, is at this point like professing an interest in air. Passion is nice. Erudition is admirable. But it’s like that moment when good manners cross over into meaningless etiquette. (David Rakoff Quotes) Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that’s pure sugar, because the stakes are so low. (David Rakoff Quotes) Everyone has an internal age, a time in life when one is, if not one’s best, then at very least one’s most authentic self. I always felt that my internal clock was calibrated somewhere between 47 and 53 years old. (David Rakoff Quotes) Not being funny doesn’t make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does. (David Rakoff Quotes) Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that’s pure sugar, because the stakes are so low (David Rakoff Quotes) I had a beautiful childhood and a lovely childhood. I just didn’t like being a child. I didn’t like the rank injustice of not being listened to. I didn’t like the lack of autonomy. (David Rakoff Quotes) I can see a great beauty in acknowledging the fact that the world is dark (David Rakoff Quotes) Before I sat down and became a writer, before I began to do it habitually and for my living, there was a decades-long stretch when I was terrified that it would suck, so I didn’t write. I think that marks a lot of people, a real terror at being bad at something, and unfortunately, you are always bad before you can get a little better. (David Rakoff Quotes) I cannot escape the feeling that I was, at best, a cancer tourist, that my survival means I dabbled. (David Rakoff Quotes) We’re creatures of contact regardless of whether/ we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together. (David Rakoff Quotes) Deprived of the opportunity to judge one another by the cars we drive, New Yorkers, thrown together daily on mass transit, form silent opinions based on our choices of subway reading. Just by glimpsing the cover staring back at us, we can reach the pinnacle of carnal desire or the depths of hatred. Soul mate or mortal enemy. (David Rakoff Quotes) Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new cancer that they should be embracing as much life as they can. Time’s a-wasting, go out and have yourself a fantastic day! Fantastic days are for goners. (David Rakoff Quotes) About the only thing that I have - or had, because it’s failing me lately - is my memory. I had a really good memory. I was always terribly protective of that fact. (David Rakoff Quotes) It’s rare that I’m not at work on some sort of craft project. I’ve often enthused about the need to make things; how it employs a unique set of muscles - physical, intellectual, spiritual - that I can attain a state of flow when making something that I almost never can when writing. (David Rakoff Quotes) Play It Again Sam’s opening shot is the same as ‘Purple Rose’s final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I’ve certainly felt that in my life. I’ve been known to cry watching Gene Kelly. (David Rakoff Quotes) I value kindness in myself and others. I try to remain super-vigilant about my targets and make extra sure that my sometimes barbed comments are deserved and in response to genuine malefaction. (David Rakoff Quotes) Central to living a life that is good is a life that’s forgiving. We’re creatures of contact, regardless of whether we kiss or we wound. (David Rakoff Quotes) Not far from my apartment, within a stretch of no more than 500 feet, there are two doggie gyms where Gotham’s canines who aren’t getting enough exercise running through the city’s parks, or are neglecting their all-important doggie glutes and abs, can go for a workout. What can I say? This appalls me. (David Rakoff Quotes)

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