Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.Kurt Vonnegut
Quotes to Explore
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
Cameron van der Burgh -
I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.
Gary Carter -
The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.
Orlando Bloom -
Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Wendell Berry -
Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
Orrin Hatch -
I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing.
Obie Trice
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You're only as old as you feel, and I feel pretty young. I've got one gear, and till it gets reversed, I'm going all out.
A.J. Styles -
When I wrote my stories in elementary school, I signed them all 'Karen E. Bender' with the squiggly 'E.' I wanted, from an early age, to be a writer, and that name - that E - was a way of pretending I knew how to do it.
Karen Bender -
There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.
T. J. Miller -
These days, I'm always trying to have lots of touches, to be involved, and to play my football for 90 minutes.
Eden Hazard -
I don't really consider myself an American filmmaker like, say, Ron Howard might be considered an American filmmaker. If I'm doing something and it seems to me to be reminiscent of an Italian giallo, I'm gonna to do it like an Italian giallo.
Quentin Tarantino -
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
E. W. Howe
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The mission proper to the Church is that of proclaiming the Gospel.
Karl Lehmann -
I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.
Nancy Pelosi -
The problem with every judgment of sexual behavior is that it is made by people who aren’t being stimulated as they are making the judgment. A jury that sees a woman in a sterile courtroom, asks her what she wanted, and then assumes that anything else she did was the responsibility of the man is insulting not only the woman but the power of sex.
Warren Farrell -
There is something impure in the laments about the dangers of our time, as if they could serve to excuse our personal failure.
Elias Canetti -
Forgiving sins, I should have known, is not blotting them out. The blood of Christ only turns them red instead of black. It leaves them in the record. It leaves them in the memory.
Edward Bellamy -
I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.
Bianca Walkden
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I never learned technique; I just let my band naturally guide me in the way I play drums. I think that’s the best way to learn. Bless you if you go to school and learn technique or read music.
Noah Bernardo P.O.D. -
Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.
Margaret Cavendish -
There's no reason why there needs to be one search engine or one social network or one store that we buy all of our crap from. It's possible to imagine a world in which there's actually competition.
Franklin Foer -
Everyone in Sweden has great hair and teeth and is clean-cut and organised.
Neneh Cherry -
I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.
Kurt Vonnegut