Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake.
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I've never been a partier.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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We want to get to a point where anything you can think of finding that is video related is searchable or recommended to you on YouTube.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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You tax Mexico? The president of the United States is going to tax Mexico to get a wall for the United States of America? I'm pointing out the absurdity of a lot of these comments.
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I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.
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Zhang Yimou is always going to need young, pretty girls for his films. But I don't really concern myself with what Zhang Yimou's next starlet looks like.
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I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them.
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He said nothing: seldom do those who are silent make mistakes.
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At times he could be very critical. He didn't like prints on me. He didn't like stripes. He didn't like boldness. He said I was petite and that was taking away from my looks.
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It's not easy for me as a writer to suspend my disbelief in a fantastical zone. I can do it. But it's more natural for me to write stories that are comic. Or hopefully comic.
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Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.
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I just want to be able to have fun, make a living, feed my family and create something that I'm proud of, and I'm all those things. It's great.
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It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake.
