Ned Colletti Quotes
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
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The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it.
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You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let's hope so.
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I knew of all of them. I didn't know any of them.
