Joan Didion Quotes

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.

Joan Didion

Forever

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Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'

Zuleikha Robinson
- Time
- Character
- Leaving
In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.

Quentin Crisp
- Time
- Live
- Universe
I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.

Landon Donovan
- World
- Sports
- Soccer
My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.

Nathan Myhrvold
- Time
- Different
- Long
It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.

Gary Lineker
- True
- Struggle
- Famous
Hillary stood with us, as she has stood with so many over the years, and we are proud to stand with her for our country now.

Valerie Plame
- Country
- She
- Proud