Ben Fountain Quotes
I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn't go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually.Ben Fountain
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
Calista Flockhart -
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
Eduardo Chillida -
There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
Lakhdar Brahimi -
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. King -
I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
Olga Kurylenko -
In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
Saint Bernard
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
S. E. Hinton -
Archery is not a sport for everyone. The equipment costs a lot, and it is not easy for everyone to find a place to play. It is perhaps similar to golf, but of course there are more golf courses than archery fields.
Im Dong-Hyun -
Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
Malcolm Gladwell -
We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don't pose imminent threats.
Ted Cruz -
There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
Jack Youngblood -
I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
J. B. Smoove
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My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
Farrah Fawcett -
I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
Vijender Singh -
If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
T.I. -
Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
Zebulon Pike -
I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.
Harmony Korine
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But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
Edie Brickell -
When my friends in college had crushes, I used to think something is wrong with them. I just chill out.
Anushka Sharma -
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
Zhuangzi -
I like food way too much to not eat.
Sara Paxton -
I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn't go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually.
Ben Fountain