Michael Dirda Quotes

No matter how beautiful the paper, artwork, printing, and binding, I'm seldom drawn to a book unless it's by a writer I care about or on a subject that appeals to me.

Michael Dirda

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BeautifulMeBookCareMatterPaper

I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.

Jennie Finch

LoveLosingWinningFeelingMean

Granger & Co - hits the spot for brunch every single time.

Meghan Markle

TimeSingleEverySpotHits

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.

Matt LeBlanc

CharacterBookBelieveSomeoneYou

If you have a lot of short-term debt, it means that all of that money can be demanded in a very short period of time. Technically, short-term debt means money that's coming due within a year. Typically, it means money that's coming due within 30 to 90 days.

Jeffrey Sachs

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Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true?

Steve Guttenberg

MeSomeoneTryingTrueOverTake

I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting were these characters that were a tad bit loony. But I love it. Those are the most fun characters to play!

Torrey DeVitto

LoveReflectionFunMePlayMost

I know that it's a fight at the end of the day; it's not a grappling match.

Robert Whittaker

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'The Accursed' is very much a novel about social injustice as the consequence of the terrible, tragic division of classes - the exploitation not only of poor and immigrant workers but of their young children in factories and mills - and as the consequence of race hatred in the aftermath of the Civil War and the freeing of the slaves.

Joyce Carol Oates

ChildrenWarInjusticeYoungPoor

I didn't grow up with a lot of money, but I grew up with a lot of opportunities that many people don't have.

Jason Isbell

MoneyPeopleOpportunitiesGrowUp

I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.

Josh Groban

ConfidenceSchoolPeopleHigh School

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

Bob Woodward

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We're going to look back and wonder why we had to micro-control our cars.

Astro Teller

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