Ben Fountain Quotes
I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one of many.
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it.
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I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
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A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.
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I don't even consider myself an impressionist, really.
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I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one of many.
