Saul Bellow Quotes
Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.
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I think that most people who hire me to do a remix just want it to work in a nightclub, whereas when I'm writing my own album, I don't have to worry so much about 2 A.M.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.
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Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.
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I never go wild with nails.
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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
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It was surreal to play opposite Angela Lansbury and Elaine Stritch, Bernadette Peters and Catherine Zeta-Jones. There was so much to learn just from watching them, and it was an honor to share the stage with women who have accomplished what they have.
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In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.
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Against Bermane Stiverne, they said he was going to be the toughest test, but I passed that with flying colours.
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My boy, you shall be everything in the world, animal, vegetable, mineral, protista, or virus, for all I care-before I have done with you-but you will have to trust my superior backsight. The time is not yet ripe for you to be a hawk... so you may as well sit down for the moment and learn to be a human being.
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The metamorphosis of people is so interesting. I guess that's why everybody loves before and afters, throwback Thursdays, and all that kind of thing.
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My musical career was an accident.
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Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.
