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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
american-novelist buy instant last lose return wrong
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
city passing reflected waters wondrous
A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola. Sylvia Pankhurst
city great itself orleans preserve rebuilding simply tragedy tries
Any city that only tries to preserve itself is already dead. The great tragedy would be to embalm New Orleans by simply rebuilding it the way it was. Mark Wigley
city fail freedom great second
It was a lot like Second City in the sense that there was a great freedom to fail there. Steve Carell
city confines corners difficult florida four generation issue next
This is an issue that will come up in the next generation in Four Corners. In Four Corners, it's going to be particularly difficult to incorporate. Under Florida law, a city has to be in one county, and Four Corners is in the confines of four counties. Mel Pearlman
city economic incredibly media message open symbolic tremendous valuable value york
This is a tremendous economic value for New York City, but it's also an incredibly valuable symbolic message and media message that New York City is open for business. Christyne Nicholas
city fair share university
The University and the city of Tempe negotiated what the University's fair share was of those projects. Scott Smith
city sending utility web
We are going to look at potentially sending out the questionnaire with utility bills. That's an option. We'll also try to have something on the city Web site. Shelli Rushing
city determination incentives large majority terms types ways
There are different ways the city could be involved. We've not made any determination in terms of incentives, but ... a large majority of these developments ... there are some types of incentives that are involved. Justin Ohlemiller
city decided sit wait wants
We decided that we need to sit back and wait to see what the city wants before we decide what we'll give them. Tim Joseph
earliest wall
No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat. Margot Asquith
earliest everywhere felt nigerian riding seeing vivid wrap
My earliest vivid memory would be my Nigerian mother. She would wrap me on her back. I remember being on her back a lot. It felt like a ride, like I was riding a dinosaur; going everywhere and seeing everything. John Boyega
earliest films super watching
My earliest memories are making little Super 8 films - or watching my brother make stop-motion space spectaculars. Jonathan Nolan
earliest iron lung lying neck spent time year
I was actually in an iron lung for about a year, and then I was paralysed from the neck down for another year after that. So I spent a lotta time just lying down as a kid. And some of my earliest memories from then are of listening to the radio. David Sanborn
earliest israel
This is, in Israel for sure, the earliest church. Yotam Tepper
earliest grew house moved side west
When I was four, we moved to the house on the west side of Chicago where I grew up. My earliest memories are of that first summer. Hugh Hefner
earliest enjoy kid laugh memories mom
My earliest memories as a kid was I would always try to make my mom and my stepdad laugh at dinner. Or make my friends laugh in class. And, I don't know, it's something I just really enjoy doing. Justin Timberlake
eight races racing
No -- we're still going racing because that's what we're here for -- we've still got eight races left, Jimmy Fennig
eighth fifth game guy guys hit ninth pinch pop seen
I've seen a guy who may or may not pinch hit in the eighth or ninth inning pop two before the game and another in the fifth inning. It's part of their pre-game ritual. Some guys have to have it. Chipper Jones
eight four hopefully matches played
I've played four matches in New Haven, four matches here, so it's been eight matches in two weeks. Hopefully that's enough matches, Lindsay Davenport
eighth fast mile months saying waiting
I've been waiting two months to get to this race. I've been saying the mile and an eighth can't get here fast enough for this horse. Danny Peitz
eight five girls goals happy minutes score tie
You're happy with the tie because you were down by two with eight minutes to go, but you're not happy that you score five goals and only get a tie. Give our girls credit. We never quit. Ryan Ghere
eight holding last less teams
We're holding teams to less than 40 points, on average, during the last eight games. Mike Flaherty
eight everybody good happy shown standpoint
We're happy from the standpoint we have eight in the semifinals and everyone is still alive. Everybody has shown pretty good enthusiasm. Patrick Darby
eight piano people
Then I was playing the piano at eight, and that helps you learn about women because most of the people I was playing for were women. Jamie Foxx
eight hardcore skated until
I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day. T. V. Carpio
forth input mode output phases soak trying
I go back and forth between input phases where I'm reading a lot or trying to get out and explore the world a bit and soak up inspirations and then I'll get back into output mode and write and write and write. Erin Morgenstern
forth games
So it went back and forth to see what could be done. The Alamodome has some restrictions on what games could be here. LSU had restrictions, too. So it was a lot of conversations about different games. Tom Benson
forth gonna parents speak takes walking whatever
We just want to know why and we gonna do whatever it takes if it takes us walking back and forth through neighborhoods, getting the parents out to speak about it. Pat Robinson
forth inner midst stretched touched wings within
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. Bible Bible
forth run
They had a run, then we had a run and it was back and forth after that. Sharon Versyp
forth talking
It was funny. We were going back and forth with each other, talking the whole game. Terrence Holt
moved moving steve
You want me to tell you that moving Steve was big? I told you that when we moved him. Otis Smith
move trust
The only way to move forward is to be able to trust whomever you're with 100 percent. Melissa McBride
moves wear
Don't like them, ... I'm not comfortable with them. When you move, it moves around. I never wear one. Adrian Beltre
moved run society york
When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that. Anna Kendrick
move prevention problem relax together vigilance
Everyone working together has made a difference, but you can't say, 'Okay, now let's move on to something else,' ... We can never relax our vigilance about crime, about enforcement, about prevention ... there's going to be some new problem down the road. Janet Reno
move
Every move you make is scrutinized for its meaning, its performance, its adequacy, Michael Useem
move
We will be able to move out well over 1,000 people. Geoff Dixon
move teams
This was the right move for us. We're just a lot more competitive with the teams we play than if we were still in the 4A. Rob Kittrell
move sends signal victory workers
This victory sends a signal that American workers are on the move again. Ron Carey
seemed
I didn't see any survivalists; it seemed to be more for profit. Fred Williams
seemed
I don't know what was going on. It just seemed like everything was just going in for me. I just did what I usually do, and (the shots) just seemed to fall. Hope Schulte
ten
Ten years of any show is amazing, but one about a minister? Wow. Aaron Spelling
ten weeks
Ten weeks ago, I didn't know where things were going to go, Andre Agassi
tennis green packers
Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it. Arthur Ashe
tendency
I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan. Laurie Helgoe
tense present-tense
Politics is history in the present tense. John Avlon
ten
We didn't play as well as we wanted defensively and offensively. We're not doing the things we want but we'll take the win. The Big Ten is a grind-it-out conference. Dee Brown
tennis looks building
John McEnroe looks as if he is serving round the edge of an imaginary building. Clive James
tennis skirts legs
It's not really a shorter skirt, I just have longer legs Anna Kournikova
tennis want being-played
I don't want to live and die with every point that's being played out there now. I'm going to let my coach live and die with every point. Andy Roddick
until
You have to give them you until you is what they want. F. Stone
until
Right now it is only a scare. We won't know until after the fact. Brian Leonard
until
I'm not going to do anything until it's at least two-thirds full. J. Horton
until
It'll be interesting to see what the mind-set is of this group. I think it's going to be good, but we won't know until we take the field. Keith Kramme
until
It was pretty much nip and tuck until the end. Jimmy Fletcher
until
It's going to keep going until I retire, so I think it's something that will always be there. When it changes, it changes. If it doesn't, it doesn't. As long as I'm productive, I don't think it should matter. Omar Jacobs
until
It started twelve and went on until twelve. I never had to buy a drink all day! Michael Owen Bruce
until
Until we investigate and find out what happened, I don't want him to go back to Mexico. Ellen Roberts
until
Until this day, we didn't have any injuries, but now we've got this one, so that's the disappointing part. Dean Laidley
york
I've been to New York a lot. I grew up in London but I'm from Chile originally. Santiago Cabrera
york
That's just how things happened. I think in the long run, New York is going to come out on top. Eddy Curry
york
I'm a Laker fan, always have been. And the New York Yankees, for sure. Antonio Sabato, Jr.