John Jeremiah Sullivan Quotes
It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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The Georges were fair; they left all to the Government; but Anne was very bad and a tyrant. She tyrannised over the Irish. She died broken-hearted with all the bad things that were going on about her. For Queen Anne was very wicked; oh, very wicked, indeed!
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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Competition is a powerful and essential part of this nation's economy and vital to cutting government costs.
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After a while the press of business in the province put an end to our philosophizing, and I returned with increased determination to my plans to fly to the Moon.
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One common desire that every human being has is to love and be loved. At the end of our lives, it's how we measure our lives.
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Homeowners who refinanced their mortgages took out cash and reduced their monthly payments at the same time. Much of the cash obtained by refinancing was spent on consumer durables, home improvements and the like.
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People just wanna talk. They wanna create negative things about you and your life and make up things. You can't let them affect you!
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For queer people, the personal is very political, just to talk about it in a public space. It's very political just to come out and take up that space and be like, 'This is my narrative. It's not an outsider narrative, and it's not a fetish narrative; it's just my story, and it's worth being told and listened to.'
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It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.
