John Jeremiah Sullivan Quotes
Not watching TV gets me in a lot of trouble in my household because my wife and daughter have a lot of shows they like to watch.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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I started reading seriously at seven or eight, books about myths and legends, the Narnia series. By the time I was 11, I had read all the children's books in my local library, so I moved on to 'Jane Eyre.' What I loved about Jane Eyre was that she didn't rely on her looks but her character. She had a spirit nobody could break.
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I think I need security.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is happening in your personal life is outside the room, as it were. But maybe that's just the way you have to talk to yourself to make it possible.
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I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would love to play an American bimbo or a grimy Londoner. But I'm probably more suited in people's minds to playing a corseted victim.
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You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
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I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.
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I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.
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It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions are irrevocable?
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When evidence emerged that Clinton was a devoted mother, Margaret Carlson writing in 'TIME' found her guilty of 'yuppie overdoting on her daughter.'
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When I saw my wife again standing by the tracks as the train came in by the piled logs at the station, I wished I had died before I had ever loved anyone but her.
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Not watching TV gets me in a lot of trouble in my household because my wife and daughter have a lot of shows they like to watch.
