Philip Roth Quotes
...and then this amazing creature -to whom no one has ever said 'Shah!' or 'I only hope your children will do the same to you someday!'
Quotes to Explore
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My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'
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No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in the world for a while. Perhaps bookstore buyers will be indifferent. Perhaps it will be lost on store shelves. Perhaps there's another book or two out there using the same or a similar photo.
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William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.
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There's no way to escape the fact that we've grown up in a violent culture, we just can't get away from it, it's part of our heritage. I think part of it is that we've always felt somewhat helpless in the face of this vast continent. Helplessness is answered in many ways, but one of them is violence.
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I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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I'm looking forward to losing the long locks at some point. But it's been fun, and I do enjoy it.
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Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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I'm a total weirdo and have often felt like an outcast and a freak, and I love that. It makes things so much more exciting.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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I would love to option 'Crying of Lot 49' and turn it into a movie.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.
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I want to be an artist. I don't want to be a celebrity.
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In our good works nothing is our own.
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I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.
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Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
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...and then this amazing creature -to whom no one has ever said 'Shah!' or 'I only hope your children will do the same to you someday!'
