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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.
began composure easy forge good nervous thinking
That's not a very good start, I'm afraid. This is a big day for me, an important day, one that when I started thinking about doing this and actually making this appearance, I began to get a little nervous about what's actually happening. Just maintaining your composure is not easy for me, but I'm going to forge forward.
began breath enormous glad great until
The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on. Ted Chiang
began bill coach facing gym learn meeting morning time work
Bill Sharman was coach at that time and I didn't want to intrude, ... But Kermit had to learn to play facing the basket, which he'd never done. So, I began meeting him at the Loyola gym at 7:30 each morning and we'd work on his development. Pete Newell
began campaign defensive offensive somehow turned
What began as a defensive campaign somehow turned into an offensive campaign.
began
We look in... Germany for a superstar. We began with 10,000 people, which applied. From these 10,000, 100 was selected. The jury is unbelievably competent. Michelle Hunziker
began brought four frozen immense realised until utterly
When you are brought up as a frozen child, you go on freezing. It wasn't until I had my four sons, who have brought me immense joy, that I began to thaw. That I realised how utterly extraordinary my childhood was. John le Carre
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What I found most notable about President Bush's remarks was that he began to prepare the people for the potential long-term consequence of this action, including the possibility of a protracted military engagement, the hopefully limited collateral damage to Iraqi civilians, and the role that the United States will play after the hostilities cease, Bob Graham
began finishing taking until
I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously. Zach Galligan
began case president
The president began to make his case to us today, Tom Daschle
certainly figure people stories war
People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories. Phil Klay
certainly common constitution help holds impart knowledge particular presidents share spent thread
Anything we can do to help impart knowledge of our Constitution is important. If we spent a day recognizing, say, presidents or particular people, this certainly is the one thing we share in common - our Constitution. It's the thread that holds us all together. G. H. Hardy
certainly oil prices threat
oil prices have become certainly a threat to the world economy. Rodrigo Rato
certainly early found good occupied quite rapidly since understanding
Quite early on, and certainly since I started writing, I found that philosophical questions occupied me more than any other kind. I hadn't really thought of them as being philosophical questions, but one rapidly comes to an understanding that philosophy's only really about two questions: 'What is true?' and 'What is good?' Tom Stoppard
certainly lack pulling respect shows stunt
Pulling a stunt like this (which is certainly not a first) shows a lack of respect for the audience.
certainly difficult touched workers
The salaried workers are certainly going to be touched by this. By how much, it's difficult to say.
certainly individual player represent spoken time
I've spoken with Shawn some time ago and he certainly indicated he wanted to be a part of this thing. He's the kind of individual and player who personifies what you want to represent you. Jerry Colangelo
certainly companies financial reward stocks tremendous
These companies have tremendous financial ratings, and certainly their dividend is secure. These are slow, stodgy stocks that are going to reward you.
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These commodity costs are still something we're wrestling with, but it also gives us opportunities to have different discussions with our customers than certainly we could have had a year ago. We're in a very good position to continue to invest in that business. John Barth
envy water grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side
If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher. Debbie Macomber
envy compare
You always envy someone else's life and, as a woman, you're always comparing your life to someone else's life. Anna Camp
envy dumb debt
Praise is a debt we owe unto the virtue of others, and due unto our own from all whom malice hath not made mutes, or envy struck dumb. Thomas Browne
envy desire ugly
Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire. Susan Cain
envy waste needs
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. Regina Brett
envy temples glory
After Voltaire: envy is chained to the portico of the temple of glory and can neither enter nor leave. Mason Cooley
envy cases
He that cannot possibly mend his own case will do what he can to impair another's. Francis Bacon
envy done directors
On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all. Griffin Dunne
envy noble overcoming
You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free. Jiddu Krishnamurti
poetry literature logic
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. Edward Young
poetry poverty instinct
A person born with an instinct for poverty. Elbert Hubbard
poetry religion may
Out of the attempt to harmonize our actual life with our aspirations, our experience with our faith, we make poetry, - or, it may be, religion. Anna Jameson
poetry doe veils
A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring. E. B. White
poetry bankers mysterious
Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. Allen Tate
poetry pardon burned
For what I have publish'd, I can only hope to be pardon'd; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais'd. Alexander Pope
poetry together groups
Poetry comes with anger, hunger and dismay; it does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together, and would appal them if it did. Christopher Morley
poetry century prose
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. David Hare
poetry emotion found
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost
since worked
I've worked here since I was a kid. I've always been part of the business.
since
Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane. Gloria Naylor
since
You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. Isla Fisher
since worked
My wife and I were in a band and worked together on and off since we were 19 or 20.
sincerely wants
I think he sincerely wants recycling. Can't we do this right? Charles Djou
since
I don't know about anything since then that is new.
since turned voted
I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18. Chelsea Clinton
since
I haven't surfed since Japannot even one wave. Kelly Slater
since
I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while. Saku Koivu