Edmund Wilson Quotes
In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.
Edmund Wilson
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I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'
Taran Killam
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
Ian Anderson
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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.
Walt Mossberg
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I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.
Frances McDormand
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
Faye Wattleton
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
Kaley Cuoco
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
Yitzhak Shamir
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My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.
Laura Benanti
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The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.
Fran Tarkenton
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
Katharine Butler Hathaway
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
Zooey Deschanel
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
Gary Hume
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The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.
Desmond Dekker
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With 'Carousel' I had an idea and it all came out quickly.
George Murray
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We find influences in people, art, music, literature, photography. As long as it makes you feel something that’s a good starting point!
Vinny May Jr.
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You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room that's dim. Just read a book - no screens, no phones - and, only when you're sleepy, return to the bed.
Matthew Walker
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Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.
Claire Tomalin
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In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.
Edmund Wilson
