Andre Dubus III Quotes

There are some beautiful books out there. But the ones that leave me cold are the ones where I feel - it's that postmodern thing - it's more experimentation with language than it is a deep compassionate falling into another human being's experience.

Andre Dubus III

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 11, 1936 - February 24, 1999

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I wanted a label that reflects the times... a center for artists who want to express themselves. That's what makes Interscope unique. It's about freedom.

Jimmy Iovine

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I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.

Joe Mantello

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My definition of gender expands beyond just two genders.

Andy Dunn

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The one cheering aspect of 'Daughters of Britannia' is the extraordinary tenacity and resilience of Hickman's women.

Amanda Foreman

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I don't know why you call it morning sickness, because I was sick all day and night!

Soleil Moon Frye

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Bear Valley is the hidden treasure of the Sierra.

Lloyd Bridges

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There was no intellectual movement in American history called social Darwinism. The people who were supposedly the leaders of the social Darwinist movement never embraced something called social Darwinism. It didn't exist.

Jonah Goldberg

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Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into.

Don Marquis

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I often make movies that involve depression or deep holes of sadness, although there are also these other great things in 'New Moon,' like this epic set-piece at the end of the film in Italy.

Chris Weitz

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People tend to see modernism as the opposite of a celebration. They see it as a fracturing and an art built round an absence, but it's really a celebration of our existence.

Ali Smith

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And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'

Artur Davis

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Every son's first superhero is his father, and it was the same for me. For me, he was Superman and Batman combined.

Tiger Shroff

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