Saul Bellow Quotes
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Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court - a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.
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Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
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Robert Fisk is my hero. In America, they think he's a terrorist.
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Sometimes you have a poem that you really want to write and it never happens.
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Every form is a base for colour, every colour is the attribute of a form.
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I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays too.
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If the books are selling, the money will follow.
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Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good.
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Trauma fractures comprehension as a pebble shatters a windshield. The wound at the site of impact spreads across the field of vision, obscuring reality and challenging belief.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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It's my personal opinion, and I firmly believe, that it's important that I keep sports and politics separate.
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Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.
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I think support of the straight community is very important and I think there has been a profound shift in public opinion seen reflected in many ways. We do not need straight people to speak for us but we do want straight people to stand with us.
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How could I be anything but a dissenter? Who wants the opinion of a group?
