Jonathan Franzen Quotes
When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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I think most people have creative ideas and have very strange, unorthodox impulses of things that they can do with their lives. I've had many of these over the years, but I decided the more important question was, 'When did I start calling this art?'
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.
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Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.
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Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.
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I hope I die before I get old.
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The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
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Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.
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So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.
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When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.
