Jonathan Franzen Quotes
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I would love to work with Matt Damon.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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Growing up, I wasn't the most vocal kid in the world. I feel like I learned through observation, and usually, when you're watching things, you're not speaking. That sort of metastasized in a way that I began to participate less and less in the world.
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We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
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Many people still believe that 'green' solutions are too expensive, but they are actually much cheaper when all of the costs to public health, social services, and waste handling are factored into the same equation.
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I put up some great numbers.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I don't like when I watch a fight in a movie that's perfectly worded and very articulate. If you were able to be that composed, you wouldn't be fighting! Fighting in real life is sloppy.
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Reality TV is to popular because it allows so many people to sit on the sidelines and just watch somebody else's life. God is saying, 'Don't sit on the sidelines of life. I have put so much in you, but you have got to be strong and very courageous. You have got to step out in faith.'
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I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.
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The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.
