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american-novelist fiction truth
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten
american-novelist blocked happened ice period purple storm wrote
What happened was that after I wrote The Ice Storm I had a period where I was blocked for a little bit, before I wrote Purple America. Rick Moody
american-novelist dramatic offer stories
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. Richard Russo
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On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years. Judith Krantz
american-novelist fact fiction interest party people press
Giving the same value to fiction as to fact in the interest of so-called fairness is to mislead the American people and the press has become party to that. Joe Wilson
american-novelist children fathers hearts turn
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Greg Vaughn
american-novelist few jobs knew possible time
Because of my father's dislocated life, I knew intuitively that I wanted to have as few jobs as possible by the time I was married. John Hawkes
american-novelist bits felt nest strangely straw worked
But if all these things were the bits of tinsel and straw I made my nest out of, the way I felt while I worked was strangely different. Edmund White
american-novelist life moment truly
I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then. John C. Hawkes
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As bad as the situation is now. it can only get worse when the economy stops growing. Bruce Vladeck
bad boycott
The boycott is bad for all those concerned. Peter Power
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That was a bad scene, but Luis is in good spirits now, and it's not easy to be that way when you're in this kind of situation. He's got a lot of therapy to do. We're not even thinking about an estimated riding time right now. We just want to get him back 100%, and if it takes a while, that's OK. Alex Procel
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That was a bad one. Like I've said since day one, this team never gives up. We gave up seven runs in an inning, but battled back. It's exciting. We still have a lot of games left. Dino Ebel
bad beat earnings initially market people starting
People are starting to see that earnings aren't as bad as they initially thought. It's boosting a market that got pretty beat up. Dan Whitney
bad cannot city people pockets
People cannot give up on the city as bad as this looks, ... It's devastating and it's catastrophic, but I have also been around the city and there are pockets of the city that can come back quickly, and I want people to come back. Harry Smith
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People don't remember the Depression. People who are younger just really believe that nothing bad can happen to them. Either they think Social Security is going to be there for them when they retire, or they may feel that the government will never let them starve. Lewis Mandell
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Officers deal with bad guys on a daily basis and make literally hundreds of arrests. Fortunately, it's rare that an encounter turns into a deadly force situation. Joe Durkin
bad good looked
Oh! I feel really bad about that now that I think about that. She's just so good and she's a senior. She's amazing. I've always looked up to her. Heather Stephens
except felt looked shocked swallowed
The MRI scan looked like I had swallowed a cantaloupe. It was an abdominal aortic aneurysm. I was shocked because, except for the back pain, I felt good. Bob Uecker
except hurt nice people remembered
I want to be remembered as a nice person who didn't hurt people - except my ex-husbands, maybe. Eugenie Clark
exception-to-the-rule likes exception
There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule. Charles Osgood
except invitation member national personal relationships special tied within
An invitation to become a member of Augusta National is very special and would never be tied to anything except personal relationships within this club. Hootie Johnson
except structure
Everything you see is new except the structure of the rooms. Len Wolman
except girls gonna guys hit matter
I feel like girls are always fighting guys off at bars, always. Usually girls don't really have to do anything except be there. And if alcohol is involved, you're gonna get hit on. No matter what. Brody Jenner
except saw soon writers
When I started at the 'Guardian,' though, I couldn't think of anything we saw eye to eye on, except feminism, and even this would soon be arguable as 'Guardian' writers queued up to drool over Eminem. Julie Burchill
except game hit player sat swinging tournament
Every player started at least one game in the HIT tournament and every player sat at least one game except for Lonnie. That's how well he's swinging the bat. Jeff Blankenship
except game good shoot
We had a good effort, but did not shoot as well as Calaveras. The game was even except for the shooting. Marlen Ronten
god nobody thank
Thank God there was nobody in the pool. Steve Lewis
god thank
Thank God I couldn't see anything out there. Meryl Streep
god numerous people pray stage
I've said numerous times that I play to have a stage that people will listen to, and I pray to God that I do right by my influence. Cam Newton
god
That's what she said she wanted to do, ... She said that God told her to do that. Joyce Harris
god
That's not a big bang. God made that. That's a liver. That's mystical. Ted Nugent
god humorous acting
We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If He is, nothing contrary to His will can occur; therefore when the sinner disobeys His commands, He must have intended this to happen. Bertrand Russell
god baby children
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Carl Sandburg
god encouragement giving
God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn't promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough. Charles R. Swindoll
god garden thinking
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars. Charles Darwin
novelists lessons
The lesson you have to learn as novelist is how to be collaborative, and how to say, "I don't get to dictate this." Tom Perrotta
novelists academic written
I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically. A. S. Byatt
novelist
I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet. Pearl Cleage
novelists males
Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist. Curtis Sittenfeld
type
No sacks, no turnovers. That's not our type of football. Chris McAlister
type-2-diabetes vampire boring
In the 1970s vampires were pretty boring. The scariest vampire was Count Chocula. One bite of Count Chocula and you were cursed with Type 2 diabetes. Craig Ferguson
type persons
I'm not the type of person that is forced. Abdallah II of Jordan
type
To me, an Oscar movie has to have some type of emotional pull. Ryan Kavanaugh
typewriters voice holy
The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstacy is holy! Allen Ginsberg
type mankind curse
But then, as far as I know, as far as I've studied or heard or picked up, it seems that this type of thing is a curse against mankind. Alex Haley
type persons has-beens
There has been, is, and always will be every conceivable type of person. E. M. Forster
type shocked
I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type! David Bailey
type performers
I'm not like a performer type. Dave Attell