Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
These little daily choices that we're so used to thinking are irrelevant are the most important thing we do all day long.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
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The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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Those who live are those who fight.
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food.
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If you're a young actor, unless you're on a very short list at the studios, we have to be very creative about moving your career along. Otherwise, all we can do is hope to get lucky and find that perfect role that pops you into stardom.
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A lot of people don't believe in the Valley. It's up to us to prove them wrong and keep winning.
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There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
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I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.
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I'm thinking I would like to dance in the rain with this person. I would like to lie next to him in the dark and watch him breathe and watch him sleep and wonder what he's dreaming about and not get an inferiority complex if the dreams aren't about me.
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These little daily choices that we're so used to thinking are irrelevant are the most important thing we do all day long.
