Kam Williams Quotes
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Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.
A. B. Yehoshua -
Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.
Tayari Jones -
Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.
D. H. Lawrence -
Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.
Walter Cronkite -
Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'
Sam Worthington
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
Idris Elba -
Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel.
Carl Clinton Van Doren -
As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
Patrick Rothfuss -
The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
Nathan Myhrvold -
Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!
Fei Fei Sun
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
E. B. White -
You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
Orlando Bloom -
Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.
Kate Moss -
I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.
Nate Berkus -
I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.
Jack Hanna -
I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.
Radha Mitchell
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I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.
Jesse Eisenberg -
Today, as you know, I am famous and very rich. But when I am alone with myself, I haven't the 'courage' to consider myself an artist, in the great and ancient sense of that word... I am only a public entertainer, who understands his age.
Pablo Picasso -
Certainly, its important to protect the water system and that covers, certainly, everything from vandals to terrorists.
James Wilson -
One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
Ludwig Wittgenstein -
I don't think anyone can call a movie like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' a horror movie. It's a jolt. It's a series of jolts followed by a quick one-liner that's wallpapered with an MTV rock & roll soundtrack. That's not horror to me.
Brad Anderson -
Moriarty is arguably the most famous super-villain in terms of literature.
Kam Williams