Philip Roth Quotes
My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn’t just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you’ve got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren’t only bombs and bullets - no, they’re little gifts, containing meanings!
Quotes to Explore
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I don't focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent's fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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To portray not only a boxer but a boxer like Roberto Duran, I needed to understand all the difficulties and the pressures of the sport itself.
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Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache of nuclear materials.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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One is sometimes meant to reassure the reader that she's qualified to write about a certain topic.
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I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.
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I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.
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I certainly did not know what the word 'socialism' meant growing up, because I was brought up in a very nonpolitical family. My brother was somewhat active, but my parents were not.
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The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past.
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My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families.
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There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.
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I don't need Hollywood. With or without them, I'll be fine. But I'll admit it would be nice to have them on board.
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My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn’t just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you’ve got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren’t only bombs and bullets - no, they’re little gifts, containing meanings!
