Jim Harrison Quotes

You have to temporarily be the character in order to understand him. It's sort of what they used to call 'shape-shifting.'

Jim Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016

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Once people feel comfortable with something, they say, 'Let's try it.'

Jerry Della Femina

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I do not have to watch late-night television, watch a movie, to find out what combat is like.

John Glenn

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Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.

Megyn Kelly

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I'm not one to pat myself on my back, but I have had a career for 20 years, and if people are interested in how I did it or if I can give any advice, then that's lovely.

Matthew Williamson

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The consumer is going through a period around the world of uncertainty - whether geopolitical uncertainty, economic uncertainty - and that makes them a little nervous as well.

Steve Easterbrook

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It was tough to cope with the pressure of having to talk about menstruation, but now with 'Newsweek' splashing it as the cover story, I thing the point I wished to make has found its mark.

Rupi Kaur

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Hong Kong has always been a dynamic and exciting and high-energy city, and it has that New York thing going on, and people here care about how they look.

Mickey Drexler

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I was in really good shape after I finished this movie, 'End of Watch.'

Michael Pena

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The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism.

Mitch McConnell

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Goats are the cable talk show panelists of the animal world, ready at a moment's notice to interject, interrupt, and opine. They have something to say about everything, little of it complimentary. They are the most impertinent animals I have ever known.

Jon Katz

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To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.

Brent Scowcroft

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In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

Brett Ratner

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