Eleanor Catton Quotes
A trip to the picture framer's, with a selection of prints, is the most joyous outing I can imagine. I've spent more money on framing than on anything else I own.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
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Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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I love New York. Love it.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
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Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.
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I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.
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If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.
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I think somewhere along the way I realized, 'O.K., no one's gonna care about a chubby Jewish dude rapping.' I realized I'd be better behind the scenes.
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I mean, the Obama position has been, 'We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it.'
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My heart goes out to the Lindsay Lohans and Britneys who have really had childhood taken from them and probably missed important developmental steps. They have become sort of 'public domain' and something to be made money on. There's no sense of self there, I'm sure of it.
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A trip to the picture framer's, with a selection of prints, is the most joyous outing I can imagine. I've spent more money on framing than on anything else I own.
