John Gregory Dunne Quotes

An Episcopalian military institution when it was founded near the turn of the century, Harvard for years had an implicit quota system that effectively limited the number of Jewish admissions.

John Gregory Dunne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 25, 1932 - December 30, 2003

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It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.

Andrew Wiles

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The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

John Lothrop Motley

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Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.

Michael Arrington

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I will not let my sales figures dictate what I say on the blog, because the blog is what I want to say.

John Scalzi

SayWantWillSalesBecauseBlog

When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big, powerful sound out of his guitar amp. He said, 'I blew a speaker and decided not to get it fixed.'

Robbie Robertson

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We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple.

Ron Finley

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I never once had a regular paycheck. Not for more than six weeks in a row and for the most part not even that. I still haven't. The notion of some whistling kid with a mail cart coming down the hall and handing me my weekly paycheck is something I've only seen in Matthew Broderick movies.

Mike Binder

MeDownMoviesMoreNeverKid

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Lord Byron

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That's one thing about fiction: you can make the world be the way you think it should be.

Jonathan Galassi

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Some things never change and the intriguing things you fall in love with will become the things you don't like.

Courteney Cox

LoveChangeYouFallBecomeNever

I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.

Anthony Pratt

LifeSchoolI AmProudMy LifeVery

I am such a music fiend. I go after so many different types of music. I'm on iTunes constantly just buying new music!

Austin Butler

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