John Gregory Dunne Quotes

Writing well about sports is as difficult as writing well about sex.

John Gregory Dunne

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• If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • May
  • Home
  • You

• I think we have the best women's division on Smackdown Live. But, I miss Charlotte like a son of a gun. She's my favorite person to be in the ring with. She's the most incredible talent, and she keeps improving. When you've got a talent like that who's always stepping up their game, it always keeps you stepping up your game.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • Up
  • Women
  • Live

• Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Man
  • Color
  • Blind

• The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • Me
  • End
  • Scene

• Nothing exists except through language.

  

  Hans-Georg Gadamer
  • Language
  • Nothing
  • Through

• The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Important
  • Water
  • Serious

• I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Pleasure
  • Really
  • Take

• My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Water
  • Best
  • Beauty

• I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Want
  • Moments
  • Special

• I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Great
  • Lyrics
  • Just

• Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Dance

• The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • Night
  • Nice
  • Day

• It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Science
  • Reason
  • Authority

• If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Value
  • Positive
  • Unexpected

• Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Good
  • You
  • Realize

• Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Writing
  • Like
  • Road

• The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • People
  • Job
  • Obstacles

• 'Mahershala' is my nickname.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Nickname

• My objective is to leave my family adequately catered for, but I want my children to make their own way. I want them to have pride in their own achievements.

  

  John Caudwell
  • Children
  • Family
  • Pride

• I have a girl crush on Olivia Munn so much, especially on 'Newsroom.' And Cara Delevingne, but who doesn't love her face? Viola Davis is my acting crush.

  

  Aja Naomi King
  • Girl
  • Crush

• Sports has always been a pass-through. You pay for something, and then you pass it through to television, you pass it through to advertisers, or you pass it through to season-ticket holders, luxury boxes and then the fans. Then it all adds up, and you take in more than you pass out.

  

  John Madden
  • Up
  • Sports

• I did not think that I was angry, but clearly anger was reflected in my writing. I did not think that I had been affected emotionally, but it was clear from my writing that I was still very emotional about the trial some six months after it ended.

  

  Christopher Darden
  • Writing
  • Emotional
  • Angry

• I think all of the decisions I make about my life and writing are the preparation - what I choose to write about and the immersive nature of the lifestyle I choose for playwriting.

  

  Quiara Alegria Hudes
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Writing

• Writing well about sports is as difficult as writing well about sex.

  

  John Gregory Dunne
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Sex