John Gregory Dunne Quotes

A writer is an eternal outsider, his nose pressed against whatever window on the other side of which he sees his material.

John Gregory Dunne

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• I was an avid Pokemon card collector.

  

  Flume
  • Card
  • Collector
  • Avid

• Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Stop
  • Fighting
  • Victory

• So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Life
  • Time
  • She

• We are strong supporters of First Amendment rights, and we believe free speech is a two-way street. While anyone is free to be an anti-Muslim bigot, on campus or off, CAIR is free to challenge their bigotry by speaking out against the promotion of hatred and intolerance.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Believe
  • Free
  • Strong

• It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • God
  • Mind
  • Soul

• I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Up
  • Down
  • Dress

• Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.

  

  Mahmoud Darwish
  • Beautiful
  • Peace
  • Poetry

• Akshay Kumar is a senior in the industry, and I consider myself lucky to be working with him. Each film of his opens to a packed house. Today, a film will sell only if you have a story. The audience is smart and won't be taken for a ride. And I'm confident about my movies.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Today
  • House
  • Myself

• I will see this game of life out to its bitter end.

  

  Zane Grey
  • Life
  • Game
  • End

• I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Good
  • Love
  • Study

• In baseball, you don't know nothing.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • You
  • Know
  • Baseball

• I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Security
  • Big
  • Entourage

• Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • Children
  • Job
  • Come And Go

• So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.

  

  Taiye Selasi
  • People
  • Politics
  • Literature

• I have done so much: modeling, acting, singing, the calendar, the lingerie line, and there have been times where I have wanted to give up but I went for it.

  

  Caprice Bourret
  • Up
  • Done
  • Singing

• To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player.

  

  Ma Long
  • Long
  • Career
  • Dream

• Pirates have always fascinated me.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Me
  • Always
  • Pirates

• If I'm talking about something current, a current issue or something political, it's because I was able to read it when I was on the plane getting to the gig... a lot of it happens when I'm on the road because when I'm home, you're just mom, and that's it.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Home
  • Political
  • Mom

• God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

  

  George Balanchine
  • God

• People know when they've betrayed themselves. They are very much aware when they are not honest with themselves. They hear the voice that says, "You shouldn't have said that" or "You know that's not right."

  

  Caroline Myss
  • People
  • Honest
  • Betrayed

• I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.

  

  Fisher Stevens
  • Responsibility
  • Show
  • Use

• You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.

  

  Peter Lynch
  • Stock

• I don't read anything about my movies before or after I do films, or any part of show business. I think that keeps me in a kind of place where I can do the work that I need to do.

  

  Christopher Guest
  • Work
  • Business

• A writer is an eternal outsider, his nose pressed against whatever window on the other side of which he sees his material.

  

  John Gregory Dunne