E. L. Doctorow Quotes
A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.E. L. Doctorow
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
Victoria Abril -
Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
Harold Simmons -
I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
Taylor Swift -
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
Zayn Malik One Direction -
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
Harlan Coben -
I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
Sam Kinison -
I don't know how people recognize me.
Laura Prepon -
I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
Hailey Bieber -
But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
Taylor Hackford -
If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
Najib Mikati
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
Laura Lang -
To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
Mahmoud Darwish -
My biggest hobby is airsoft, which is similar to paintball. Essentially, it's military simulation, but the guns shoot plastic BBs. My friends and I go out in the woods or the desert and play all day long!
Nathan Kress -
When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
Jack Miller -
I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.
Sam Heughan -
I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
Jack Prelutsky -
Do women golfers say they could go out and beat Tiger Woods?
John McEnroe -
Sometimes people's careers take off on their first albums, sometimes they don't.
Peter Asher -
My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.
Jason Gann -
We're all from China, and whoever wins, it's OK - I just try my best.
Chen Long -
A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.
E. L. Doctorow