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.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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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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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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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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Everybody's looking for the niche to make the difference. Some people think they see the mother lode in the beautiful people, especially the vote of the beautiful women.
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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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We just try to find stories that are interesting to us.
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Everyone has different ways of defending themselves.
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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.
