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John Burnside Quotes

Irrationality interests me more than anything: sometimes it's very dangerous, but it can be incredibly beautiful.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: scottish
Birth: March 19, 1955

Topics

Beautiful Me Dangerous Sometimes

I really want to live in New York. That's the city of my dreams.

Dreams Live New York City New Want

It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first season, all that was done.

Time Fight End Long Long Time Done

Especially some of the poorest in our society need to have the greatest support because health inequalities are too wide.

Health Support Society Need Greatest

I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.

I Am Me Comedy Doing Young Yes

Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an artificially elevated number to make up from the very low grant the year before.

Michael Chertoff

New York Year New Up Low Going

I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I don't want people to just remember me for one thing.

Sterling K. Brown

People Me Remember Want Just Flash

You're going to find out who your friends are. Anything that happens in your life is one of those challenges. It may not be at the level of celebrity, but everybody's going to travel that road.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Life Travel Challenges Road Friends

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

Loved Achieve Fortunate Hated

Audit the Fed is a bill that would politicize monetary policy, would bring short-term political pressures to bear on the Fed. In terms of openness about our financial accounts, we are extensively audited.

Financial Political Bear Audit Bring

In swimming, especially training out in the ocean and open water, you got fogged-over goggles, you're stuck with your own thoughts - there's great benefits to that, deep thinking like that after many hours, but there's also tremendous loneliness. You burn out. You want to run, jump, ski, do anything. So at age 30, I was finished.

Age Great Loneliness Water Ocean

The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.

Douglas Coupland

Future Feel Unexpected Wrong Reason

My camping days are over, but I might consider glamping.

Christine Feehan

Over Camping Days Might Consider

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