Calvin Trillin Quotes
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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There is always pressure in football.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.
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Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
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I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate.
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I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
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When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.
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We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.
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All my children are blessings. I love them to bits. They're my world.
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AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one.
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There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.
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Health food makes me sick.
