Wallace Stegner Quotes
Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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Stuart Blumberg is suddenly an authority on the modern - or, dare we say, post-modern - family, thanks to the critically-acclaimed debut of his new film, 'The Kids Are All Right.'
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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
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It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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If you want to get along, go along.
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The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes.
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Free speech and the ability to tolerate offense are the hallmarks of a free and open society.
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But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.
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Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.
