Darin Strauss Quotes

I'm very strict in my belief that non-fiction should be truthful, and fiction is for invented narratives.

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• He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • Two
  • Editors
  • Review

• I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
  • Believe
  • Family
  • Friends

• It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • People
  • Character
  • Fighting

• Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die.

  

  Karl Shapiro
  • Heart
  • Man
  • Die

• Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Light
  • Fashion
  • Try

• It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Writer
  • Very
  • Gentleman

• I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement.

  

  Nader al-Masri
  • Time
  • God
  • Success

• The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Like
  • Thing
  • Laughing

• Music is changing so quickly, and the landscape of the music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Music
  • Me
  • New

• Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Health
  • Boundaries
  • Over

• If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • You
  • Nothing
  • Expect

• In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in 2009 President Obama was praised for reversing it, even though his decision was arguably just as political.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Science
  • Political
  • Decision

• Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • Business
  • Truth
  • Best

• There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.

  

  Barry Sternlicht
  • Family
  • Single
  • More

• You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Nature
  • See
  • Development

• Fate is written in the face.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Fate
  • Face
  • Written

• VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • People
  • Music
  • Destination

• I've always felt writing is an art. Publishing is a business. I felt strongly if I was going to write, I would write what I wanted to, and if the 'market' didn't respond, there was nothing I could really do about it.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Writing
  • Art
  • Business

• If you've been working since you were a teenager and working at a reasonably decent level, then you don't expect that you're going to be firmly in your 40s and start moving up in the world, if you like.

  

  Ben Mendelsohn
  • Up
  • World
  • Moving

• If you look at the type of swings I've been taking the last couple of days, I'm right where I need to me. If I'm healthy, I'll be fine. That has always been the case with me.

  

  Gary Sheffield
  • Couple
  • Healthy
  • Fine

• We have a lot of property and we take care of it mostly ourselves, so that's what I spend a lot of time doing, which I love because I'm outside.

  

  Mary Decker
  • Time

• The width of a line may present the idea of infinity. An epigram may contain a world. In the same way, a small picture format may be much more living, much more leavening, stirring, awakening, than square yards of wall space.

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • World
  • May
  • Small

• It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

  

  Emily Blunt
  • Real
  • Fun
  • Girl

• I'm very strict in my belief that non-fiction should be truthful, and fiction is for invented narratives.

  

  Darin Strauss