Andrew Sean Greer Quotes

To distract myself from writing, I was singing Bob Dylan's 'My Back Pages.' You know, 'I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.' I thought, 'I should write a character like that.'

Andrew Sean Greer

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There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.

Melissa Leo

WomenEnoughNowLikeNoneTV

The handwriting is on the wall: if you want to have your franchises viable, then you can't have a situation where New York and Chicago and Los Angeles are doing very, very well, and some other teams are, but, I would say, a significant percentage of the teams in our league are struggling financially.

Michael Heisley

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There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.

John Sandford

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In a financial crisis, only the Fed, as the lender of last resort, might stand between our economy and financial catastrophe. We must leave the Fed with the flexibility to provide liquidity in order to stop a financial panic.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

Sophocles

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I don't want players coming in from the college level that are either trying to avoid a suspension, declare themselves ineligible on their own, hire an agent and decide, 'I'm going to enter into the NFL.'

Roger Goodell

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I always thought it'd be fun to go to a sci-fi convention, watch a bunch of Klingons walking around, all of that kind of stuff.

Michael Welch

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I don't suppose that I know more about life than anyone of my age, but it seems to me that, in the capacity of an interlocutor, a book is more reliable than a friend or a beloved.

Joseph Brodsky

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I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the same token, everybody is entitled to their opinion.

Don Shula

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I didn't know if Skynyrd fans were going to throw rocks at me or eggs or what.

Johnny Van Zant

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A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.

Drew Barrymore

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Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.

Wynton Marsalis

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