Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes
Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.Roy Blount, Jr.
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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
Pankaj Mishra -
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
Octavio Paz -
My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
Mahershala Ali -
Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
Saint Bernard -
As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
Mae Jemison -
I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
Barbra Streisand
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I love dressing up.
Bat for Lashes -
I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.
Tana French -
You aren't going to leave me alone are you?
Edie Adams -
The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.
Hans Rosling -
See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
H. Rap Brown -
I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
Harold Brodkey
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
Victor Hugo -
I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.
W. Averell Harriman -
I want to win championships.
Victor Cruz -
I had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.
Fay Godwin -
I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
Quintilian
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You know, and I know, just how much we defy.
Coco J. Ginger -
I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.
Gautama Buddha -
And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy. But in another way, when I'm writing, what it's about for me is being good on the page. None of that noise could change the way I feel about my writing. Which is not always particularly positive.
Zadie Smith -
Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.
Roy Blount, Jr.