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John C. Hawkes Quotes

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 17, 1925 - May 15, 1998

Topics

Me World Night Anxiety Down Before

Being a member of the Nintendo generation, I've got a really short attention span.

Jesse Kellerman

Generation Short Attention Being Got

I think when you get into your 30s, you start to realize all of the patterns you have in your life and all of the stuff that you're avoiding. It's a terribly unsung period in people's lives. I can't think about many artists who have sung about it, because it's so not sexy.

Life People Start Think Sexy You

I actually got thrown into my Bar Mitzvah because my teacher, my Cantor, did not tell me that they would all say 'amen' at the end of each, for want of a better word, paragraph. And that threw me completely. I almost went into an Ella Fitzgerald sort of scat.

Teacher Me End Better Say Want

A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill.

Simon Mainwaring

Loyalty Customer Want Seriously Way

I hate everything I do. I hate my voice. I sound like a guy.

Hate Voice Sound Everything Guy

You can't cost-cut your way to greatness.

Greatness You Way Your

What theatre people love about theatre - and I totally understand it, I just don't share it - is that they feel they mint something afresh every night. Because I would rather do something until I've done it and then know it's done. New day, next thing!

Love Day New Day People Theatre New

I'm a big fan of imagination. I think it's the strongest tool we have, and there are some things that you just can't practice.

Imagination Practice Think You Big

They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Trying Illusion Place Others Within

In a perfect world, I would never do any interviews, and probably there would be one photo out there of me, and that would be it.

Me World Perfect Never Out Would

Like everyone, there are times when I just don't feel like exercising. When that happens, I'm a bit more careful with my diet. But on days I really want a treat, like chocolate, I work out a little harder. I don't believe in beating myself up for not being 'good.'

Work Good Myself Treat Believe Diet

With 'Human Giant,' we tested almost everything live and made tweaks based on what worked and what didn't.

Live Human Everything Almost Made

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