Joan Didion Quotes

I went on a book tour immediately after 9/11. I was due to leave the following Wednesday, so I just did. It was an amazing thing, because planes hadn't been flying very many days, and I got on this plane and went to San Francisco, and the minute that plane lifted above the clouds, I felt this incredible sense of lightness.

Joan Didion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

John C. Maxwell

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The paparazzi is kind of crazy here in L.A., but it's nothing like it is in London. They are animals over there, it's insane.

Matthew Morrison

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So we're considering doing a new Christmas album, because there's been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of 'The Most Offensive Song Ever' with lyrics intact.

Trey Parker

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Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.

Sholom Aleichem

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I have no problem with free speech, but free speech and then silencing your opposition - boy, I have a problem with that.

Tomi Lahren

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My father could never remember anybody's name.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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I think a lot of people in America do not understand that the basis of true liberty can't happen without an objective moral standard by which we live our lives.

Mike Huckabee

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Everything's relative. I don't think any new pursuit will be as difficult as trying to break into wrestling 25 years ago.

Mick Foley

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In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

Michael Shermer

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So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of a more interesting and embarrassing question about ourselves.

Michael Leunig

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I feel incredibly fortunate I walked away, took care of other business, and then came back to show business.

Jason Bateman

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If you want to be real about it, the fact that any actor books a job is a one-in-a-million shot. I've been so fortunate to have worked on even a few films, so, no, I don't wake up feeling bad.

Johnny Simmons

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