Richard Russo Quotes
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
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I would love to study cultures and people.
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I haven't any strength, I haven't any character, I'm a born tool. I haven't any destiny. All I have is dreams. And now other people run them.
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If I can't be famous, I want at least to be infamous.
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Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in its velvet glove is Jane Axtell, head of the accountancy firm’s Human Resources department.
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I don't think it's a healthy thing in your personal life to go around with that never-sure attitude.
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When we had the infamous mealtime scenes, food fights would inevitably develop.
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My family and I are hooked on 'The Searchers.' I can't get enough of it.
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My dad took on every job he could get. He worked like mad. But then, at some point, he had saved up enough to open his first pub.
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I do mind some of the intrusions on privacy.
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I was brought home to a trailer in Highland, MI.
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Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.
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Maar één ding weet ik nu en dat is dit: je leert de mensen pas goed kennen, als je een keer echte ruzie met ze gemaakt hebt. Pas dan kan je hun karakter beoordelen!
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I always say, my leading lady is my lola.
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Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.
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The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.
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Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.
