Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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I will say that Marvel is 100 times more secretive than 'Game of Thrones.' Like, they're not even on the same playing field.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.
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Scotland is the only case in the world where the poor part of a territory wants to separate from the rich part. If independence came, one option is to keep the pound as its currency, so that all economic decisions will continue to be taken by the Bank of England.
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You can hate me, but why knock my hustle? I'ma be the queen no matter how they shuffle.
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My first love was the sound of guitar.
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People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.
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I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.
