Bernard Lonergan Quotes
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
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I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.
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On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.
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I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy books that I strongly suspect they will never read, and as an author, I must tell you, I don't mind this one bit. We buy books aspirationally.
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It is better for the Arab countries themselves to interfere out of their national, humanitarian, political and military duties and to do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria.
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No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.
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Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
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Among my dad's generation, when you gave another man a pocketknife as a gift, it was a show of respect. I'll still give someone the knife out of my pocket.
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When I get some down time on the weekends, I love gallery hopping with friends, in particular checking out Gagosian Galleries - between the three in N.Y.C., there's always a great show on or something cool to see.
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I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.
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'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of that book, but since then, I have become more aware of having an audience.
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I've always been a huge proponent for education; I graduated high school at 14 years old and graduated college at 17 years old.
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It is now possible to target adverts to the right person at the right time in the right place. But that is not enough.
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When you learn a Bruce Springsteen song, it's like learning to ride a bike. You don't forget it.
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For years, I was stuck behind a keyboard rig. When I started playing guitar onstage, it was a bit of a release - not to be stuck in one spot the whole night. It's really enjoyable having the freedom to move around. You just have to remember to end up somewhere near a microphone.
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Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it.
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By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table.
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It was much more fun playing with him than against him. If you wanted one pitcher to start the seventh game of the World Series, which he did in 1945, you'd pick Hal Newhouser.
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Everything in life is a risk! I mean, you walk out onto the street and it's a risk! Don't you think?
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It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure.
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There is a lot wrong with the church.
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The church always arrives on the scene a little breathless and a little late.
