Jerome Charyn Quotes

'Empire of Self' is a loving portrait of a very difficult man. Jay Parini, himself a gifted novelist, poet and biographer, has gone very deep into the 'black energy' of Gore Vidal's relentless narcissism and megalomania. Parini envisions an epic battle between Vidal's angelic and demonic sides, yet there's very little of the angel in Vidal.

Jerome Charyn

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I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

Jim Goldberg

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Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.

John Quincy Adams

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There's no disputing that for pols, the Internet is a great way to connect with people and raise some cash and post 'Sopranos' parodies or play your opponent's macaca moments. But in a 'net root' sense, it's pretty useless for getting someone elected.

John Ridley

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I'm not a fan of what we call 'friendly fire' or 'blue on blue.' We don't want to have that.

Tommy Franks

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When it comes to money, I provide for my family, and that's important to me.

RJ Mitte

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When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.

Robert Vaughn

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Philiosophers like Hume and Descartes and Hobbes saw things similarly. They thought that mental images and ideas were actually the same thing. There are those today that dispute that, and lots of debates about how the mind works, but for me it's simple: Mental images, for most of us, are central in inventive and creative thinking.

Mary Lou Jepsen

TodaySimpleCreativeMindMeIdeas

Sometimes, you sit down to write a song, you don't realize what it's going to mean to somebody other than yourself.

Luke Combs

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I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that.

Little Simz

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Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

Antoni Gaudi

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At the beginning of 'The Hills,' I couldn't watch myself because I'm very critical and would pick myself to pieces. But with movies I feel like it's different because you're playing a character. So it's like watching yourself but not watching yourself.

Audrina Patridge

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It is not about writing those hits again. I am sure I could write them, but it is about the sensibilities.

Alison Moyet

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