"They say the smart dog obeys but the……" — Amy Hempel
"They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey."
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59 Quotes by Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel has 59 quotes on this site.
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Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't…
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Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open.
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I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I…
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Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette…
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Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.
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An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.
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I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands.
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I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal…
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I leave a lot out when I tell the truth
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I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe,…
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The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me.
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Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
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More Disobey Quotes
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In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame.…
— Sun Tzu
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The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.
— Jean Cocteau
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Every child has to disobey the father. Unless a child disobeys the father he never becomes mature. It is nothing,…
— Rajneesh
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If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.
— Thomas Jefferson
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In traditional Hindu families like ours, men provided and women were provided for. My father was a patriarch and I…
— Bharati Mukherjee
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Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command
— Ambrose Bierce
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O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice.
— Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
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We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and…
— Alexander Bickel
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Laws, written, if not on stone tables, yet on the azure of infinitude, in the inner heart of God's creation,…
— Thomas Carlyle
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The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who…
— Saint Augustine
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To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey…
— Amanda Smith
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