John Cheever Quotes
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
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We use a neck training machine where you can strengthen the muscles, going front to back, side to side. You can also connect a big resistance band to a wall or something and do the exercise like that.
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Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.
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The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.
