Jonathan Carroll Quotes
The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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Eventually, my highbrow parents, who so hated the Eisenhower suburban culture of the 1950s that the only magazines they subscribed to were 'The Atlantic' and 'The New Yorker,' broke down and got 'Life' magazine.
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There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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Our past is who we are, and death is one of our experiences. I lost my husband a long time ago, but it's always yesterday.
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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You always hope that people will fall in love with the characters you play, the way you do yourself.
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I look on life as a joyous adventure.
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When you hear the party that glorified Occupy Wall Street blast success; when you hear them minimize the genius of the men and women who make jobs out of nothing, is that what you teach your children about work?
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I was fascinated by the culture clash between England and America in the 1950s. My first memories are of being a girl in those post-war years when things were really pretty grim. It wasn't like that in America, which was real boom time.
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The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.