Calvin Trillin Quotes
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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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Never count on the crowd to take care of you.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.
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YouTube, as longer form, the content you make there has to keep you entertained for three minutes - or five minutes.
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Porque saben el nombre de lo que busco ¡creen que saben lo que busco!
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I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.
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For me, I always try to make it to the final.
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True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
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To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
