Anne Roiphe Quotes
I think that certainly the artists of the '40s, '50s and '60s were fighting a very conformist society, which didn't give them enough space to live or create, and they were bucking all kinds of spoken and unspoken rules.
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I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I love researching, I love interviewing.
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Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.
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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
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Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
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Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.
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I think all of society should be a think-tank where you throw ideas about. I had hoped the Internet would help. Actually, what it has done is make everybody go schtum. They're attacked for saying anything. So they say nothing.
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I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.
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Boredom is a larval anxiety; depression, a dreamy hatred.
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I think that certainly the artists of the '40s, '50s and '60s were fighting a very conformist society, which didn't give them enough space to live or create, and they were bucking all kinds of spoken and unspoken rules.
