Jenny Offill Quotes

Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away.

Jenny Offill

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LifeArtMyselfI AmMeBrave

We've had Obama for eight years, who, to me, is a model of integrity, sensitivity, empathy. He's wise, he's patient, he maintains his composure, and I would have voted for him again.

Max Joseph

IntegrityEmpathyWiseMeHimYears

The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church was my first book and I would think it is still my most important book.

John McGahern

BookThinkEveningChurchImportant

The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's a very big thing in a desktop world. And that may go away. You may not have to manage your own storage. You may not store much before too long.

Steve Jobs

WorldLongYouGoStorageOwn

I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.

Rupert Murdoch

FamilyFatherMotherChildrenCrazy

People love steak all over the United States.

Michael Mina

LovePeopleSteakOverUnited

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

Mitch Daniels

DietRewardSteadyWhoPrepared

I'm not that great of an actor, so I can't, like, completely become somebody else.

Jason Bateman

GreatActorBecomeSomebodyLike

Bookstore operators tell us that the books which head the bestseller list are books on peace and happiness.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

HappinessPeaceTellHeadUsBooks

Quality isn't about where the money came from or which company gets to put their name on the thing. What matters is who made the movie and why they made it.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MoneyQualityNameWhyMattersMade

I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.

Johnny Van Zant

BusinessTruckYearQuitHalfDrove

Learning to face reality, refusing refuge in cliches and lies, fighting to find a way out - that's what 'Rehab' is about.

Antonia Bird

LearningFaceRealityFightingFind

When I'm working, I'm not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down.

Anne Enright

FeelingDownNeedEverythingClear

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