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Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. Harry Mathews
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I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing.
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My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.
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When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city.
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My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding.
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My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done.
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I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another.
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Most comic scriptwriters are very bad. The artists are good, but the writers are so bad. Harry Harrison
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I like Ireland because it means I'm near France.
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The school has been around for probably 50 years. There's a lot of history here. Back in the 1980s, we had some dominating teams but we just couldn't get to the final. We've been close, but everything just came together this year. Tom Moffett
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The rook did (well). He came out and was confident. His shot was good; he got to the lane and did what he does in practice. (Jordan) let him play through mistakes early (in the season) and his confidence is high now. Gilbert Arenas
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The role was written American. Suddenly the dialogue came off the page and came to life in a way that really lent itself to the lyricism of the brogue. It just worked, it really clicked. I knew the role was going to be mine, and sure enough they made an offer. Roma Downey
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The roles that have come into my life have taught me - and in that time period maybe I didn't even know it, but whatever came up or whatever it is that you have to express at that time, has benefitted me in a particular way. Emma Stone
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The Rocket is close to his family. He really enjoys spending a lot of time with his kids. I think that's part of the reason why when he came back, he came back to Houston. He has the luxury of being at home. Derek Jeter
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I've thought about it and talked it over with the coaches and my family, and I prayed about it a lot. I pretty much came to a decision that I'm going to probably leave.
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I've tasted winning in this organization and I want to win again, ... That was the reason why I came back. I think our team has a great chance to do great things. Michael Redd
came close closest four maybe opening schools talked three
I've talked to Chandler and Gilbert, and they're the only ones who would have come close (to opening four schools in one school year). The closest they ever came was two (schools), maybe three one time. Scott Thompson
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I've raised three kids: my wife and I have three kids. I've observed through direct contact the adults they are now is partially the product of where they came from and what we did. With them growing up, but partially how they were wired at birth. Chris Hadfield
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Those who died were not just numbers. They were people with families.
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Jim died in 1971, and the problem of trying to replace him was insurmountable at that time. But after 30 years or so goes by, it doesn't seem so insurmountable. Robby Krieger
doctors people pressure
I was getting a lot of pressure from people in show business about my being overweight because of medication, I was on 200 mg of amitriptiline. When I said this to my doctor, for some reason she took me completely off medication and she didn't really supervise properly. Sinead O'Connor
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There's no doctor in a white coat that's going to save you, or a system or a pill - it's always going to be you and the choices that you make. Mariel Hemingway
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I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending. Sherry Stringfield