William Faulkner Quotes
The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.
Quotes to Explore
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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I spent my whole childhood watching open-wheel racing. I spent years going to England and racing open wheel, coming back and racing open wheel. It's been my world for 20 years and beyond that. For almost my whole life, I've been watching it. I watch it and I think I know how to do it.
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I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.
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Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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When you look at Google, its job is to find you the perfect web page. There are a lot of cases when you want to know something and a list of websites isn't ideal.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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I've known who I am as an artist for a long time; 'Idol' has shown me what I'm capable of. I know it's all possible for me now. I can go in any direction I want. I'm forever grateful to them.
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I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.
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Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.
