Jonathan Franzen Quotes
I don't even read positive reviews unless they are absolutely certified by eight different people to not contain one thing that could upset me.
Quotes to Explore
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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I love bayou life.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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We need another revolution in the Arab world. We need an education revolution. If there's one thing we need to focus on, it's redesigning our educational systems.
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I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
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Normally, when I read a script, I read 30 pages, and then go have a cup of tea and come back. And then, I read 20 pages and go make a phone call, and then go back to it.
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Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like.
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I traveled to Cuba with the intention of speaking with boxers who had turned down enormous offers to leave. When explaining my project to people, again and again I was met with amusement and skepticism.
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I don't even read positive reviews unless they are absolutely certified by eight different people to not contain one thing that could upset me.
