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Anatole Broyard Quotes

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.

Anatole Broyard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Children Time Present Nothing Expect

My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'.

Said First Always Students Report

The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.

Work Laziness Leap Thinker Guessing

I was always one of those people who would watch the Super Bowl as much for the sports as I did for the ads. I was always just sort of fascinated by the fact that when you turn on the TV, there was motion, there was moving pictures on it.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Sports People Moving You Pictures

I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.

Father Now Over Years Out Gone

I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.

Busy Distance Never Been Books Made

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

Future Stupid Opportunities Think

Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine.

Elephant New Band Caffeine Cage

For me, I love and hate Costco. I think it's ruined America and made America great.

Jonathan Krisel

Love Great Hate Me Think America

The suburbs are the American dream, right? Living in a nice house, having a good job, a happy family.

Family Good Job American Dream Happy

Women think that men don't talk about their feelings with guys. We do talk to friends about relationships, but it's succinct - 10 minutes, then we move on.

Women Men Think Friends Feelings

Painting, I think it's like jazz.

Painting Think Jazz Like I Think

I always felt like reality was a bizarre place, and everybody was really good at being normal, and I didn't know how to do it.

Good Reality Place Know Always Like

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