Marilynne Robinson Quotes
My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by the first editor who read it. In general, my experience with publication has been gentle and gratifying.Marilynne Robinson
Quotes to Explore
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
Orison Swett Marden -
Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
D.R.A.M. -
When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
Abby Wambach -
I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say the confrontational element of his rhetoric is necessarily attractive.
J. D. Vance -
Our best thoughts come from others.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
Patrick Warburton -
I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
E. L. Doctorow -
Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.
Oscar Nunez -
I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
Gary McCord -
I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
Vin Diesel -
I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
Garrett Dillahunt -
When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
Oprah Winfrey -
Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
Sam Altman -
How does a person feel when looking at the sky? He thinks that he doesn't have enough tongues to describe what he sees. Nevertheless, people have never stopping describing the sky, simply listing what they see.
Umberto Eco -
To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
Yuna
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I would never take my children and place them next to missile launchers.
Naftali Bennett -
Just know that as long as your family thinks you're amazing, then you really are amazing.
Sabrina Bryan -
I've never had a supernatural experience. I've been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card reading, but I don't know if I'd necessarily want to know.
Samantha Shannon -
My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by the first editor who read it. In general, my experience with publication has been gentle and gratifying.
Marilynne Robinson