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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Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.
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It goes against an artist's grain to retire. But whether he retires or not, he will age... What work will get done in the remaining time? ...Can he find a little peace in this twilight? Or must he still rush on, restlessly and hungrily, to the very end?
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Charter's merger sales pitch is pretty straightforward: it argues that it has always been too small to bully Internet companies, TV makers, and its own customers, so it has'un-cable' practices they hope to extend.
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I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.
