Jonathan Lethem Quotes
I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.
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You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.
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Dan Henderson, even when you're close and he hits you from very, very close, you can feel how heavy his hands are. His hands are pretty powerful.
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I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
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Hospitals should be paid to keep patients out of the hospital, not for signing up more and more patients.
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I didn't feel attractive in high school.
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I've worked with a lot of real heavy hitters, and Quentin is maybe heads and shoulders, at least a forehead, above just about anybody I've ever worked with.
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How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.
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My favorite thought about Abraham Lincoln is he believed in two things: loving one another and working together to make this world better.
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I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.
