John Gregory Dunne Quotes

Were it not for Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey would be remembered, if at all, as a Bible-thumping midwestern Methodist windbag who neither played baseball on Sundays when he was a mediocre catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Highlanders, nor attended games on the Sabbath as a baseball executive.

John Gregory Dunne

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Author Biography

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

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Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?

John Malkovich

LifeYouGoAheadRealReal Life

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?

Robert Plant

FlowerPowerPeaceYouHarmonyHow

We smoked a lot of cloves.

Method Man

LotSmoked

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled.

Steve Martin

FatherHomePeopleBadWorking Hard

The older we get, the more we desire to reclaim our body at 25; we'll take our face at 35, the elasticity of our mind at its most powerful, to return ourselves somehow to our most vital moment of rigor and protean creation.

Michael Paterniti

MomentMindFacePowerfulBodyMore

Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

TasteUsFlavorDistinguishWhich

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

Jordan Peterson

YourselfCityMoreDifficultRule

By assessing the capabilities and knowledge of students in the highest-performing and most rapidly improving education systems, the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment provides valuable options for reform and information on how to achieve it.

Jose Angel Gurria

EducationKnowledgeInformation

I would be lying if I said no. I have an idea for 'Pa. Pandi 2', but I don't know when it will happen or if it will happen at all.

Dhanush

KnowSaidLyingWillHappenIdea

My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

PowerGovernmentResolveOutKeep

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

Alfred Lord Tennyson

New Year'sHopeYearWillSmiles

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

Peter O'Toole

LiveMyselfCareBetterLongGoing

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