Philip Roth Quotes
They boo you, they whistle, they stamp their feet-you hate it but you thrive on it. Because the things that wear you down are the things that nurture you and your talent.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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Actually, the camera was never overhead at any time. It was always a side view of me. Subsequently, after the picture was released, I saw some scenes from above and my clothes being pulled-and I think that was added later.
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Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself.
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It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.
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I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years.
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As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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The eventual goal is to marry all of my work together to make a high-speed, high-resolution, low-impact tool that can look deep inside biological systems.
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Man is the yokel par excellence, the booby unmatchable, the king dupe of the cosmos. He is chronically and unescapably deceived, not only by the other animals and by the delusive face of nature herself--by his incomparable talent for searching out and embracing what is false, and for overlooking and denying what is true.
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I usually wake up at 7, 7:15, without an alarm. I hate the sound of an alarm.
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They boo you, they whistle, they stamp their feet-you hate it but you thrive on it. Because the things that wear you down are the things that nurture you and your talent.
