Andrew Sean Greer Quotes
'A High Wind in Jamaica' is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight - only infinitely more delicious... and macabre.Andrew Sean Greer
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
Nawal El Saadawi -
It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
Ralph Marston -
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
Irwin Shaw -
People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
J. Cole -
I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
Taylor Swift -
Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
Ulrich Beck
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
Maggie Kuhn -
Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Warren Buffett -
Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
Karen McCarthy -
I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
Barbara Mikulski -
I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
Quintilian -
How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
Magnus Larsson -
In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
Kate Reardon -
Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.
Gary Busey -
Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
Sam Smith -
I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
Mallory Jansen
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
Gary Miller Bad Brains -
Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.
Dylan Penn -
I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.
Dan Webster -
For the most part, I was surprised by the representation of female characters onscreen. I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more of the women that I recognize in my day to day life.
Jessica Chastain -
I gave you my life, you gave me my life. Like a gush of wind in my hair. Why do we forget what's been said And play the game of life with our hearts?
Yoko Ono -
'A High Wind in Jamaica' is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight - only infinitely more delicious... and macabre.
Andrew Sean Greer