Meg Wolitzer Quotes

As a novelist, I feel lucky that I can traffic in nuance. I'm more interested in looking at how things change over time, at how people try and sometimes fail to make meaning out of their lives.

Meg Wolitzer

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ChangeTimePeopleLookingMeaning

I mean, I spent 30 years in the world of physical perfection, right? I've known most of the world's most perfect physical specimens over the course of the last 30 years.

Jim Lampley

PerfectionWorldPerfectMeanRight

What we want to see is a long term future for Grangemouth.

Jim Ratcliffe

FutureLongWantSeeLong TermTerm

New York is where you go to catch a big fish.

Jessica Cutler

New YorkFishYouGoNewBig

I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.

Jerry Garcia

PatienceGratefulMeWorldProject

When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the character. How well that character ultimately comes off depends on a lot of things: your relationship with the director and so on. But at first, you're on board because you think you can do something with it.

John Travolta

CharacterRelationshipThinkYouSay

I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.

Sitting Bull

GreatManI AmRedMePlace

I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I tried to make up for being short by affecting a strut, by adopting the voice of a much bigger man, by spending more money than I made, by tipping double or triple at bars and restaurants, by dating tall, beautiful women.

Mickey Rooney

WomenBeautifulMoneyManDating

The U.N. has brought peace and order to many places around the world. However, terrorism, violent extremism, violations of human rights, natural disasters caused by climate change - they all threaten the lives of people today. Add migration, insufficient health care, lack of education, and the picture gets even bleaker.

Miroslav Lajcak

EducationChangeTodayHealthPeace

I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think I did see a ghost.

Jason Blum

TimeBelieveThinkGhostsSeeGhost

In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated because we make the assumption that what we believe is the absolute truth.

Don Miguel Ruiz

TruthBelieveGrowComplicatedMore

We played Carnegie Hall, and that was one time where I felt... Carnegie Hall as a legendary, very venerable place to perform. I'd never heard of anyone going into the Hall and kind of standing on the seats and playing throughout the aisles and having the audience stand on the seats. So when we did that in 2013, even for me it was a shock.

Jon Batiste

TimeMeStandPlaceKindNever

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.

Christopher Parker

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