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Matthew Pearl Quotes

Poe was plagued and haunted most of all by something pretty banal: poverty. Probably the most eccentric decision in life was to become a writer in an age when making a living at it was nearly impossible.

Matthew Pearl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american

Topics

Life Age Decision Impossible Poverty

I love working with Gary Sinise.

John Larroquette

Love Working I Love Gary

'Xyle XY' follows this boy who is like a newborn to the world - everything he sees and experiences is for the first time. He travels into the city and ends up getting put up by this foster family.

Matt Dallas

Family Time City World Boy First

Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.

Michael Eric Dyson

Impact Political Hip-Hop Blackness

I can't really dwell on the past.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Past Dwell Really

I'm really good at solitaire and I can turn my arms in full circles.

Skylar Laine

Good I Can Turn Circles Arms Full

No one is an island. All these entities that drive economic development are interconnected in one sense or another.

Romesh Wadhwani

Drive Island Development Economic

I've seen it with my own eyes: When government takes money from the poor and the middle class, everyone suffers.

Mike Quigley

Eyes Money Government Class Poor

I was not a jock in high school. I know, you're shocked.

Mo Rocca

School High School You Know High

When my daughter was 3, she was eating Cheerios and spilled some on the table. So she swiped them onto the floor. I said, 'Darcy, what are you doing?' She said: 'Don't worry, Daddy, the robot will get it.' I didn't know whether to be horrified or proud. It was this idea that homes take care of themselves and robots are part of that.

Colin Angle

Daughter Eating Proud Care Worry

If I look back, I think most of the things I did - the films, the books, the collaborations with these magazines - were mostly by accident.

William Klein

Think Look Back Things Books Most

Ideally, it would be cool to actually get to know artists enough to know what their feelings are, what they believe in, what they want people to get from them, what they represent.

Poo Bear

People Cool Believe Enough Feelings

With sadness specifically, in America you read about people medicating to avoid sadness. They don't want to experience sadness, and yet it's such a vital part of being human.

Pete Docter

Experience People Sadness America