Jonathan Franzen Quotes
I had a brief period of questioning whether I should perhaps adopt a child. And my New Yorker editor, Henry Finder, was horrified by the notion.Jonathan Franzen
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
Rachel Griffiths -
You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
P. J. O'Rourke -
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
La'Porsha Renae -
I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
Kailash Kher
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
Madchen Amick -
I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.
Dana Plato -
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
Oliver Stone -
Cloture is simply cutting off debate.
Ted Cruz -
When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.
Karl Urban -
Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
Pankaj Mishra
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
Gary Lineker -
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
Dan O'Brien -
It's always good to be working.
Ja Rule -
Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
Lady Bird Johnson -
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
W. Clement Stone -
I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
Adam Braun
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The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship.
Draymond Green -
My book sales make 'real writers' possible.
Jennifer Weiner -
Look, have whatever in your collection at home, but everybody needs a little Friday night. And really, that is Chic.
Bernard Edwards Chic -
In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through good and bad cycles and manage to grow their business over a long period of time.
Warren Stephens -
They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.
Alexander Payne -
I had a brief period of questioning whether I should perhaps adopt a child. And my New Yorker editor, Henry Finder, was horrified by the notion.
Jonathan Franzen