Jonathan Franzen Quotes
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Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.
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I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.
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I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
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The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.
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There's still racism. Western Europe... has taken the native cultures of the Americas, the African cultures, the Asian civilization and lumped them together into The Others.
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When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.
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We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
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I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans.
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The vice presidential candidate does not usually make much difference at the polls. But that may be changing as voters become more aware that the understudy must be ready to take over if needed.
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My wife, Keisha, came home once, and I had these violinists playing for her, and I'd prepared dinner for her, and I write poems. She's pretty amazing, so I like to celebrate that. She's really taught me how to celebrate life; that's something I've learned.
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A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
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If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.
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People are like sticks of dynamite. The power is on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit.
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I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL until I was on. I've always just liked it, and I've always watched it and been into it.
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Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man.
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Manhattan is just all bank branches.
