E. L. Doctorow Quotes
It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
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We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.
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I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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I think often times on Joss Whedon's shows he can make you hate a character for a period and then love the character. He does it effortlessly.
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I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, and I don't write it down, then I could be at lunch with you, and it's like there's a pile of laundry in my brain that I haven't put away, and I struggle to really listen, so that's always been important to me.
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When I'm off the golf course, I feel the pressure, but I try to concentrate on the golf course.
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Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism; it is an important part of promoting peace.
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We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety.
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It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.
