John Cheever Quotes

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.

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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When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the family my mother worked for. It was hard being the only one, and I faced a fair amount of racist and classist bullying there.

Jesmyn Ward

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It must be horrible to do things that you don't like hoping to please other people, and they don't like it either, and you've got to eat it.

Melvin Van Peebles

PeopleYouEatThingsHorribleMust

I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

John Lewis

PoorUpRuralAlabamaVeryGrew

I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when you don't do that and just let the genuine sound come through, there's a whole magic there.

Jeff Beck

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All men can and will change. But there's only one woman we're going to change for.

Steve Harvey

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The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.

Stephen Colbert

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Someone will say, 'Well, that's good enough.' As soon as I hear 'Good enough,' it really bothers me. I spend as much time as I think I can on anything I do. I try to do that with the people that work with me. I try to get the best out of them.

Tom Scholz

WorkGoodTimeBestPeopleMe

In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.

Tom Vilsack

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The blues is something separate from what I do. They connect at certain spots, but blues is different. I wouldn't put it in with what my career has been. That would be a whole separate wing.

Bob Mould

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Stevie G is the best midfielder I've played with. He was an idol for me and for everyone who watched him play, but when you were together with him, and you see him training, it was different: he was even better.

Philippe Coutinho

BestTogetherTrainingMeBetter

The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn.

Nobu Matsuhisa

ArtLearnYouSushiWatchSomething

I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

Kiri Te Kanawa

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