William Gaddis Quotes
Tragedy was foresworn, in ritual denial of the ripe knowledge that we are drawing away from one another, that we share only one thing, share the fear of belonging to another, or to others, or to God; love or money, tender equated in advertising and the world, where only money is currency, and under dead trees and brittle ornaments prehensile hands exchange forgeries of what the heart dare not surrender.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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I wasn't, like, this top model; I was quietly doing my work, and when I became an actress, people started doing research, and everybody found out. People dug out photos, and suddenly people became interested - but no one was interested in my photos when I was a model.
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In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
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Yet in my lineaments they traceSome features of my father's face.
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What are you up to?" "I was trying to climb that tree. But I fell. Now I'm bored.
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Tragedy was foresworn, in ritual denial of the ripe knowledge that we are drawing away from one another, that we share only one thing, share the fear of belonging to another, or to others, or to God; love or money, tender equated in advertising and the world, where only money is currency, and under dead trees and brittle ornaments prehensile hands exchange forgeries of what the heart dare not surrender.
