Nicholson Baker Quotes
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.
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On right-to-life, see the Republicans flee from Todd Akin, who committed a gaffe while restating his support for what has been a plank of the Republican platform since 1980.
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That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films.
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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
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I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.
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Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.
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When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.
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Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.
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Same-sex marriage is not the future.
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It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.
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My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.
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No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that.
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I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.
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All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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The characters in my stories all have quite loud lives in my head. It's a relief to get them on the page. Often they come from people I've noticed or overheard - but that is only a part of them. It's only by writing that I discover who these people really are.
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I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.
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Once in a while, I do these things that would make the 10-year old version of me laugh. I don't know why. You've got to do something a little bit immature. I'm surprised at how often those are my best ideas.
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And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your act. Whatever is happening in your life is what's going on on stage. So if you're angry in your life, then that's going to be on stage. If you're looking for the guy that's just going to make you laugh for an hour and forget about, that's me.
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To me, point of view is everything.
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I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was urged to buy one.
