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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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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He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?" "Like what?" "Like hitting on you." "Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way." Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. "What? You think he does?" "Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood." "Again, Ew! What's with you this morning?" "Not enough coffee.
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I've done a lot of talk shows where you can tell that the host is just thinking about what he wants to say next while you're answering him and that's really uncomfortable.
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I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.
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I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think that artists are the leaders of the world because they do not have a connection to the industrial complex, the day-to-day short-term survival that most people are involved with.
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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.
