John Gregory Dunne Quotes
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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Don't you dare print my first name. That would make me sound like a real country girl.
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I had written my master's thesis on Ezra Pound on 'The Cantos.' And don't ask me about it. I don't remember anything about it.
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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I try to write stories that will attract younger readers and make them feel part of a wider readership. I do not feel able to write books that are about, or even for, teenagers; and I am inclined to be suspicious of books which 'target' them.
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My party is committed to a federation.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of circumstance, and not choice, has driven us, is oppressive to the heart.
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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
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I love the ocean, but I'm just not one to lie on the beach.
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People keep getting married, even when times are tough. They want to keep celebrating. The special days appear to be the times where women are still happy to invest, both in terms of time and money. They want to be told that they look beautiful and be remembered for all the right reasons. They don't want to provoke much more reaction than that.
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Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who had been kindest to him. You might just as well try to imagine a country where two and two made five.
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Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.
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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.
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I absolutely believe that a lot of the issues raised in 'Amped' about technology migrating into our bodies are issues that we're really going to deal with soon.
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Reviews don't bother me.
