Joe Queenan
Joe Queenan
Joseph "Joe" Queenanis an American journalist, critic, and essayist...
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Collins is a bald, bland Englishman who writes interchangeably uninteresting songs.
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He (Corrigan) has re-united the county (with the three championship wins). He has done a good job and I am happy with his performance - he is a gentleman to work with.
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No artist has ever remained as consistently bad for such a long time.
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It can help protect the market in times of crisis. Instead of shutting down all trade, it helps you respond to the situation at hand.
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I don't understand that, because nobody, like, 18 owns a house or a Lexus,
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Taylor ushered in the poisonous concept of soft rock.
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No matter how much you improve something that is basically an unpleasant experience, it's an unpleasant experience.
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If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment.
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My books have been part of my life forever. They have been good soldiers, boon companions. Every book has survived numerous purges over the years; each book has repeatedly been called onto the carpet and asked to explain itself. I own no book that has not fought the good fight, taken on all comers, and earned the right to remain. If a book is there, it is there for a reason.
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Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning.
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It was once argued that 'Starring Sylvester Stallone' were the three scariest words in the English language but until I saw Adam Sandler I'd always thought the three scariest words in the English language were 'starring Dan Aykroyd.'
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Incapable of conjuring up any facial expression that she did not learn from watching television, Jessica Alba plays a brilliant scientist who inadvertently acquires the ability to make herself invisible. This is not a gift Alba seems particularly comfortable with, as the last thing she needs is to be heard but not seen.
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Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise.
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It is never a good sign when the most exciting thing on television is a dancing Republican.