Carleton Young (Carleton Scott Young) Quotes
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
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Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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I have no tax breaks or corporate interests to be supported by Barack Obama.
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A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
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I prefer playing ATP tournaments and Davis Cup competition rather than Olympic Games.
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My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.
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Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.
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Shoot for the stars. You may not get the stars-but you may get the moon.
