E. L. Doctorow Quotes
I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page.
Quotes to Explore
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Being on your own sometimes is appealing.
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.
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I'm just here to compete and do the best I can and let things play out and just be the best teammate I can be, regardless of the situation.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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I grew up with an abundance of things from our garden, so fried food was not enjoyable.
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Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me.
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Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
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I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make a lovely Marie Antoinette.
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My wife looks at the person Park Jae Sang and the singer who goes up on stage, Psy, as different people.
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I like people that can strap on a guitar and don't sweat the fact that you have to come up with a song in an hour. I want to work with someone who won't feel like they have to play along with Jason Molina. I want them to just have the confidence.
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I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page.
