Andrew Solomon Quotes

The problem is that even as you reveal the mysteries in your past, you are accumulating them in the present; complete honesty is the stuff of post-mortem, not autobiography.

Andrew Solomon

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HonestyPastPresentProblemYou

When Keats says: 'Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses', what he means is that we don't necessarily believe what a poem is saying if it comes out and tells us in an absolutely head-on, in-your-face way; we only believe it to be true if we feel it to be true.

Andrew Motion

SayingBelievePhilosophyBe TrueUs

I try and get it right the first time. I may rewrite a sentence four or five times, but I rarely go back and kill a whole page and rewrite it.

Matt Ridley

TimeBackGoPageTryRight

Once-dominant games like straight pool and three-cushion billiards have lost ground to eight-ball - the game of choice for millions of tavern league players - and nine-ball, the preeminent tournament game.

Robert Byrne

GamePoolChoiceLostGamesGround

The dress hat took a nosedive after the dashing JFK showed up at his inauguration bareheaded. Suddenly, a chapeau was no longer de rigueur for any man leaving the house.

Roger Stone

ManDressHatHouseLeavingUp

I've had a lot of people tell me they watched 'Old Dogs' with their kids and had a good time.

Robin Williams

GoodTimePeopleMeOldDogs

Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.

Martin Yan

AgePastAmericaYouSayUnderstand

Judges should decide legal disputes. Judges should not make law.

Joseph Wapner

LawLegalJudgesDecideMakeShould

Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.

Jason Ritter

WouldEmbarrassingEvenTriedDad

Anybody who thinks that getting a communication from a voter in your district is spam - that guy is pork. Roast pork unless he changes his point of view.

Dick Morris

CommunicationViewPoint Of ViewPork

The minute they gave me number one, I went to the studio. I was ready to give y'all something else. I was going 120 miles an hour.

Desiigner

MeReadyMilesSomethingGoingGive

The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail.

Christian Dior

PinkWillGrayPrevailTurquoise

I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself was really the first to look for.

Brian Greene

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