Jonathan Franzen Quotes
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I don't miss acting at all.
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I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used to never cross.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.
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I love doing every role I do!
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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Someone made me a Leaf Coneybear finger puppet. Someone made me a portrait of me on some chocolate. I'm keeping it. I daren't eat such a work of art. It's so unique and so fun that fans do that. It's incredibly flattering. I like it when people spend time on me. People don't spend the same amount of time on my brother who's an insurance broker.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, totem poles and fishing gear. The reserve was once a winter village, a place to celebrate the sacred season, when memories passed in dance and song and stories from one generation to the next with great feasts called potlatches.
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To me, writing and composing are much more like painting, about colors and brushes; I don't use a computer when I write, and I don't use a piano. I'm at a desk writing, and it's very broad strokes and notes as colors on a palette.
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I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.
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Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky.
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I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.
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But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.
