John Searles Quotes

I think I'm more sympathetic to writers, to the work and the struggle and the craft of it, than when I was in graduate school at NYU and was very judgmental.

John Searles

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WorkStruggleSchoolThinkCraft

I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!

Joanna Baillie

DayManWorldBetterLaughNow

Most people are looking for a challenging, interesting job. I wanted a boring, undemanding job so that I could forget about it at 5, so that I would have something left over at the end of the day to do my own stuff.

Jerry Spinelli

DayJobPeopleLookingEndForget

Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality.

Andrea Martin

QualityDoingNowWayAlwaysHigh

I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.

John Oliver

PositiveHopeDriveNegativityYou

In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them. That was where he lost his life.

Robert Reich

LifeSupportKingCityLostWorkers

I got sick and tired of my lady wearing ugly underwear to bed, so I turned to the Internet.

John Wilson

UglyTiredSickInternetLadyBed

It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes.

Alva Myrdal

ScienceIntellectualResourcesHappen

The tech-driven economy leads to a two-tier job market where workers are either critical or 'commodity.' This divisive 'winner-take-all' mentality hurts most Americans and worsens economic inequality.

Tom Steyer

JobInequalityEconomyWorkersWhere

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

Mary Catherine Bateson

DeathEndingStoryMeaningTiming

My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this silver and pink lame dress. My hair was all curled, and it was the first time I wore a garter belt. I felt so out of place!

Martina Navratilova

MotherTimeDanceDressMemoryHair

I always accepted the libertarian position of minimum regulation in the sale and use of firearms because I placed guns under the beneficial rubric of minimal restrictions on individuals.

Michael Shermer

AlwaysGunsPositionBecauseUse

I'm happy to be on a show that's bridging that gap of 'Okay, I'm not a teenager anymore, I'm a man.'

Milo Ventimiglia

ManHappyOkayShowGapTeenager

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