Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

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I do not recall ever seeing Spirit perform live.

Jimmy Page

LiveSeeingSpiritRecallEver

Thankfully, I already have a mogul I can pattern myself after: Oprah. We're a lot alike. I'm black, I love to relate things people talk about to myself, and people think my best friend and I are lesbians! My strength is that I'm more relatable.

Jessica Williams

LoveStrengthFriendMyselfBest

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

John Stuart Mill

PersonBeliefEqualOnlyWho

That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.

Alvin Lee

MusicFreedomYouPlayJazzRock

Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?

Rose George

HistoryCultureTrainingChildRules

I always knew I wanted kids, but when my mom passed away I was like, 'I want a bunch of kids. I want three kids or four kids, and I want to have that relationship again.' I can't bring my mom back, but I can have children.

Mindy Kaling

RelationshipChildrenMomBackI Can

I'll put every cent that Wanxiang earns into making electric vehicles. I'll burn as much cash as it takes to succeed, or until Wanxiang goes bust.

Lu Guanqiu

SucceedBurnCashMakingMuchTakes

Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry.

Josiah Royce

RespectWorldWillIndustryConsent

The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure.

Douglas Wood

PressurePrinciplesSameMuchVery

I would not be at all surprised to find out... that the dimensions of buildings affect us in ways we don't guess.

Doris Lessing

BuildingsFindOutAffectUsWould

We have a First Amendment right to burn the flag as symbolic speech. The Constitution protects that right. To spend time and effort on this is ridiculous.

Deborah K. Ross

TimeEffortConstitutionSpeechBurn

I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?

Christian Bale

CharacterMagicYouKnowMovies

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