John Cheever Quotes

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.

John Cheever

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 27, 1912 - June 18, 1982

Topics

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People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

Joe Biden

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I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it's each baby for herself.

Jennifer Granholm

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Just to continue a space program because it's a space program? No, I don't think we have an obligation for that.

John Glenn

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I feel sexy in my jeans and wearing my boyfriend's T-shirt.

Jennifer Aniston

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Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don't know the statistics, but there's a growing concern in some communities about how rapidly people are sent from school to jail, how quickly they're put into the criminal justice system. And of course the rapidly growing number of brown people, both men and women, in prison. And this is terrible.

Anna Deavere Smith

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'Affable' is the word that often comes up from reporters, even staunch critics, who meet Lou Dobbs for the first time.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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When my hair is picked out, my whole aura is picked out, like, 'See this, see me.'

Amanda Seales

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Once you start putting in political subtext, it does create intellectually challenging science-fiction, but with 'Pacific Rim,' I always thought it would be a shame if kids couldn't go see this movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters because it seemed to have a political point of view.

Travis Beacham

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Never wear a button-down collared shirt with a double-breasted suit. The more formal double-breasted suit looks best with the more formal spread or long-point collar.

Roger Stone

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Women writers are often conflated with their narrators - as if we can't consciously construct fictional worlds from the ground up and can only write diary entries.

Miranda July

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As a little boy, I wanted to be a policeman. And then as I got older, and I saw my dad in the car business, an automobile executive.

Mitt Romney

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I'm not sure if I can whip, but I can nae nae with the best of them.

Chris Martin

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