Jonathan Lethem Quotes
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.
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People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
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We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
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People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
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I think you learn something from everybody that you've worked with. I really learned how to behave on set through the people that I worked with, like the importance of being on time and the importance of being professional. I don't bring my cell phone on set; I leave it in my trailer.
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I've been left at the altar now a couple of times.
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What you did was the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all of the armies of Europe.
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Steady of heart, and stout of hand.
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If perchance you should falter during the journey, a hand would be there to support you. If that should be wanting, God, who alone could take that hand from you, would Himself accomplish its work.
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Not to cover the subject, but to uncover and isolate a part of it … is the aim of the aphorist
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It's so cliche to say florals for spring. I really like a vintage-like dress that's floral. You can belt it; I like belts. I like wearing pretty dresses that are really comfortable, that you can spend the day in but also feel girly.
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There's plenty of firm evidence for ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.
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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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While the word 'bisexual' was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.
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The urge to convert experience into a group of words that are in a grammatical relation to one another is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.
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The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.
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I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.
