E. L. Doctorow Quotes
Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.
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Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'
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‘You are admitting, then, to frivolity of attitude to important global problems?’
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All songs, all pieces of art, reflect the world that they were made in and the values of those artists and the hopes and aspirations of the people who listen to that music and who made that music.
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The advantage of meditating upon life and death is being able to say anything at all about them.
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Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor.
