Joan Didion Quotes

To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.

Joan Didion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 5, 1934

Topics

GoodBelieveGreater GoodEthical

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

Joey Lauren Adams

GeniusLivingAnythingMakeWho

Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche.

Melissa Pritchard

LoveRomanticPowerfulFantasySeems

I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of your administration without the legislature. For example, using technology to do more with less. Using technology to fight fraud. Reorganizing and streamlining can be done within the context of the administration.

Meg Whitman

TechnologyJobFightPeopleDone

When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent.

John Ortberg

SoulHurryUnderstoodDesires

I always try to find the positives in losing a match, but it's not always easy.

Stan Wawrinka

LosingEasyFindTryAlwaysMatch

I'm comfortable in any situation. I don't have fears about a lot of things. It's not a survival thing, but on a farm, you always look after yourself. You're very independent, but you're still very family-oriented.

Travis Fimmel

YourselfFarmSurvivalYouLook

Dancing has always helped in keeping my fitness levels high. When I was in school and college, I used to dance a lot. It helped me stay healthy.

Rithvik Dhanjani

FitnessDanceSchoolCollegeMe

You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence.

Marvin Hamlisch

IntelligenceYouUnderestimate

One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms.

Lorna Luft

MotherDaughterMeQuestionsNever

Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.

Joshua Bell

MusicGreatJusticeYouWant

We're going to run against Nancy Pelosi in 2018. We'll remind people in 2018 - what's the rhetorical question - 'Do you really want Nancy Pelosi back as speaker of the House?'

Chris Collins

PeopleYouBackHouseWantRun

Complex digestive conditions harm the physical and emotional well-being of many children, but GI research is severely undervalued and underfunded.

Norman Braman

ChildrenResearchWell-BeingComplex

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