E. L. Doctorow Quotes
I like to think of myself as an unmediated novelist - or perhaps a national novelist.E. L. Doctorow
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
Ovid -
Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
Orison Swett Marden -
Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success.
Fabrice Grinda -
Glasgow has truly become my home away from home.
Caitriona Balfe -
Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
Ralph Bakshi -
The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
P. J. O'Rourke
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It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.
Ted Strickland -
Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.
Kate Middleton -
I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
Jack Buck -
One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
Camila Alves -
Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld -
I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films.
Abhishek Bachchan
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I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.
Oona Chaplin -
As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally loved, and I accepted that. We ended the story the way we wanted it to end, and we stand by it. On my Twitter feed, I still get ten to fifteen positive comments for every negative one.
Carlton Cuse -
It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.
Baz Luhrmann -
Life doesn't stop with football.
Barry Sanders -
When you're me, when you're R. Kelly, everybody wants a piece of you, and if you don't give 'em a piece they'll find a way to get a piece of you one way or the other.
R. Kelly
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it.
B. B. King -
Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
Malala Yousafzai -
I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
Warren Christopher -
The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
Rafael Nadal -
You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
Ira Sachs -
I like to think of myself as an unmediated novelist - or perhaps a national novelist.
E. L. Doctorow