Philip Roth Quotes
I think I write and publish as often as I do because I can't bear being without a book to work on... I don't feel I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell, but I know I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.
Quotes to Explore
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
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I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.
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We recognized early on that media consumption was evolving and customers were looking for moving images to include as part of their advertising campaigns, website designs and corporate presentations.
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I think that anyone who promotes in a group starts at some point to think about what they are going to do after their group disbands. When I started thinking about that myself, I thought back to my reason for becoming a singer.
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I think I write and publish as often as I do because I can't bear being without a book to work on... I don't feel I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell, but I know I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.
