Michael Dirda Quotes

When I was a boy in the late 1950s, the public library refused to stock books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. They were regarded as vulgar, ill-written potboilers.

Michael Dirda

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When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.

Jim Lee

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I didn't have a lot of the advantages Donald Trump had, but I had the most important ones you can get, which are loving parents who cared about me and helped me develop a sense of self.

Megyn Kelly

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I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.

Robert Kennedy

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My dad came over from Ireland when he was 13 and lived on the streets, working on building sites, and has just retired from his job delivering furniture for John Lewis. My mum has had the same job for 30 years as a sales assistant at Marks and Spencer. They've always been really great; they just want me to be happy.

Amanda Hale

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I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

Steve Wynn

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We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well.

Martin Sheen

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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, 'I love this place.'

Mitski

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I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.

Lucille Ball

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I'm generally risk averse, and most great entrepreneurs I know are as well.

Jason Fried

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My publication record puts me in the top 0.5 percent of psychologists.

Jordan Peterson

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For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy.

Dennis Franz

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The U.S.-Mexico border has often been described as an open wound. NAFTA was expected to heal it, albeit through a long, slow, and imperfect scarring process, by creating a basic framework for cooperation between the two countries.

Denise Dresser

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