Andrew Sean Greer Quotes

My grandmother wore a beehive hairdo even when it was out of fashion.

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• In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.

  

  C. Northcote Parkinson
  • People
  • Think
  • Politics

• There's nothing unnatural in creation.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • Nothing
  • Creation
  • Unnatural

• I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.

  

  Lalaine Vergara-Paras
  • Me
  • Proud
  • Always

• I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Writing
  • Think
  • Nice

• I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.

  

  Victoria Azarenka
  • Friends
  • Kind
  • Doing

• Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Home
  • Support
  • Nice

• Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Kid
  • Crush
  • Biggest

• There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

  

  Xenophon
  • May
  • Small
  • Best

• Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Up
  • Time
  • Thinking

• Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Game
  • Very
  • Gangster

• I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Long
  • Myself
  • Journey

• With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Character
  • Possibilities

• Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Changed
  • Last
  • Hawaii

• If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.

  

  Jack Keane
  • You
  • Stop
  • Oil

• There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.

  

  Mahmoud Abbas
  • World
  • Freedom
  • Independence

• When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Child
  • Romantic
  • Temptation

• Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Pretty

• Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Work
  • See
  • Relationships

• It's a dream come true to have someone else portray me. Because I've been living this life for a long time, and I'm over myself.

  

  Chelsea Handler
  • Life
  • Time
  • Long

• Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn't his child, but he was still very supportive and said, 'Hey, this is a great name,' and so it stuck. So that's what she named him.

  

  Fred Armisen
  • Great
  • She
  • Dad

• The Blossoms were actually the first black background singers that did recording sessions in California, but we had to start giving work away. We just couldn't do it all.

  

  Darlene Love
  • Work
  • Black
  • Giving

• Most of my career was negative.

  

  Pete Maravich
  • Career

• That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.

  

  Fran Tarkenton
  • Want
  • Judge
  • Talk

• My grandmother wore a beehive hairdo even when it was out of fashion.

  

  Andrew Sean Greer
  • Fashion
  • Grandmother