Donald Hall Quotes
There are books all around me... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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In 2007, everything changed with the iPhone. As crippled as that first model now seems, with its lack of apps and glacial cellular connectivity, the iPhone was a practical, useful, self-contained computer a child could understand. It was an information appliance.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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In my district, I know we have thousands of little creeks and streams, some of which only fill up when it rains. Nationwide, they're in the tens of thousands.
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it.
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I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him.
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Software is becoming no different than a videotape or a record album or a paperback book, and not all of us are ready for that change.
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Always carry a book on a date so that when you get bored you can slip into the Ladies for a read.
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There are books all around me... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.
