Alexi Zentner Quotes

For 'The Lobster Kings,' I listened to a lot of Johnny Cash. And it makes its way into the book.

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• I love to cook. I could never give that up.

  

  Kate Winslet
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• I don't miss acting at all.

  

  Zachery Ty Bryan
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• Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.

  

  Jack Kingston
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• So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.

  

  Caio Fonseca
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• In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
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• The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.

  

  Oliver North
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• All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.

  

  Vincent Cassel
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• I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.

  

  Hanneli Mustaparta
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• I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.

  

  Taylor Swift
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• Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.

  

  Danica Patrick
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• I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
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• I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.

  

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• I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.

  

  Yusef Komunyakaa
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• I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

  

  Manuel Puig
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• Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.

  

  Edi Rama
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• The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.

  

  Adam Mansbach
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• I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

  

  Nancy Reagan
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• We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.

  

  J. K. Simmons
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• Westerns just thematically, as a genre, have kind of a few tent poles that I really admire, and one of them is this perception that life was simpler back then. And with that perception goes that people were good or people were bad. You survived by your strengths or you perished by your weaknesses.

  

  Kiefer Sutherland
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• I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.

  

  Ville Valo HIM
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• I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions.

  

  Lisa Gardner
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• After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end.

  

  Sarah Addison Allen
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  • Book
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• Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so.

  

  Charles Webster Hawthorne
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• For 'The Lobster Kings,' I listened to a lot of Johnny Cash. And it makes its way into the book.

  

  Alexi Zentner
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