Anatole Broyard Quotes

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.

Anatole Broyard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 16, 1920 - October 11, 1990

Topics

PeaceMisunderstandingPunishment

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.

Joe Paterno

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Americans want to be exposed to the opportunities that a changing world can offer.

John B. Larson

WorldOpportunitiesWantChanging

I felt like a failure for so long because I wasn't able to access myself in the way I knew I would have if I was going to make music that mattered. I knew I was going to have to learn how to be honest.

John Grant

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There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. Stabilizing Iran, and bringing it back into the family of nations, is much more possible. That would be a 'win' for both sides.

Stephen Kinzer

FamilyHopeWinBackEgyptPossible

When I visited Syrian special forces along the front lines, I was given extraordinary amounts of detail. They gave me the code numbers for the various positions they've got, told me where the rebels were - about 800 meters away in a forest. I met soldiers who had been wounded but were still serving.

Robert Fisk

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I think trying to create intimacy on a set with a boom over your head can be a little embarrassing.

Ruta Gedmintas

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It's very hard when I've seen a couple of people very beloved in my life with terrible degenerative diseases.

Judith Viorst

LifePeopleMy LifeHardSeenVery

When people come to me with an idea and they say, 'We can do it found footage or traditional,' I always say to do it traditionally.

Jason Blum

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I want to be free to be any version of me I feel like being. I don't want to be McDonald's that serves the same food every time.

Dierks Bentley

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I know it's horrible to have to admit that, but I'm not adult enough to take care of a child.

Brigitte Bardot

ChildCareTake CareEnoughKnow

I was on my own, living in Los Angeles, and I didn't know my way around, so I thought I'd walk everywhere. Well, that certainly got me noticed. Any woman who walks any distance at all is automatically regarded as a hooker!

Ashley Jensen

WalkWomanMeThoughtKnowLiving

Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.

Pete Waterman

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