Robert Gottlieb Quotes

It's often the case that the most strained moments in books are the very beginning and the very end - the getting in and the getting out. The ending, especially: it's awkward, as if the writer doesn't know when the book is over and nervously says it all again.

Robert Gottlieb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 29, 1931

Topics

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I'm a traditional country singer and we're always trying to make that a fresh and modern sound. That's always going to be the challenge with me.

Joe Nichols

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I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

Meg Wolitzer

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I don't know if you've ever tried to run through waist-deep snow, but it's next to impossible.

Melanie Scrofano

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Your 30s is the time to embrace bold, zingy colour patterns and to follow trends while taking time to get used to what really suits you.

John Rocha

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I have never planned my career. I chose those films with which I could relate myself. But if given a chance, I would love to do the kind of roles Meryl Streep has done.

Sridevi

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Most of the people who are given these Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them. But for the Ramones, it really was a symbolic gesture of, 'Yes, you guys are special and are important to rock n' roll.' So in that sense, the Roll Hall of Fame served its purpose.

Tommy Ramone

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From a producer's point of view, of course, 'Law & Order' presents an ideal - a show that is almost entirely actor-proof, that can keep going and going no matter what happens to the cast or how many actors demand raises.

Tom Shales

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All art is theft.

David Shields

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I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.

Christie Hefner

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Everybody has their 15 minutes, and those 15 minutes should be spent in a private limo and a private plane. It's the ultimate.

William Shatner

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When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed.

Rem Koolhaas

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This is what I asked for, and in this day and age that's what actually goes on. But what hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don't get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life.

Lindsay Lohan

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