John Gardner Quotes
What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human experience.
Quotes to Explore
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.
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I did a piece where I was talking about torture at Abu Ghraib, and I embroidered my hand with the image of the hooded Abu Ghraib prisoners who'd been tortured using a needle and thread. I know that meeting a Holocaust survivor when I was eight and seeing the tattoo on her arm from her time in the camps influenced my piece about Abu Ghraib.
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Overall, The Population Bomb was probably too optimistic. I was writing about climate change - Anne and I actually wrote the book. We discussed whether or not you'd have to take a gondola to the Empire State Building, and that sort of thing, but we didn't know at the time whether the climate change would be in the direction of heating or cooling. We just didn't know enough about it.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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'You’ve a good heart,' she told him. 'Sometimes that’s enough to see you safe wherever you go.' Then she shook her head. 'But mostly, it’s not.'
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What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human experience.
