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 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 -
If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
Najib Mikati -
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
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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 -
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
Jack Prelutsky -
The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
Barton Gellman
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I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of the factory doesn't let me sleep well.
Alfonso Cuaron -
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.
Jane Fonda -
I want to live in a city where the future is being mapped out.
Jim Crace -
I don't remember a lot of the good times from my days with the Truckers.
Jason Isbell -
I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.
David Sze -
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