John Thorn Quotes

My egotistical concern was less that I would fail to relate to my classmates than that they would know nothing of my uniquely tortured life's course and, thus, me.

John Thorn

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LifeMeKnowNothingClassmates

I like 'X Factor' as much as the next person, but I do get overwhelmed with the amount of reality TV. It's such cheap programming and such a load of rubbish, most of it.

Joanne Froggatt

RealityPersonCheapOverwhelmedGet

I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, 'second breakfast,' or grab coffee with friends, or play basketball. Then, around noon, I begin apologizing via email for the manuscripts I can't get to.

Jess Walter

MyselfCoffeeBreakfastBasketball

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

John Lyly

HonestyLoseNothingHeHisElse

I'm hoping to get started on a new novel.

Marv Levy

NewStartedGetHopingNovel

How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

Lou Holtz

SmartStupidYouKnowNeverBeen

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

Denis Diderot

NatureKnowledgeReflectionFacts

I don't really see why some of those topical lines have to be crossed to get a point across. I want a mother and daughter, a teenage girl and her mom, to be able to come to the show and both enjoy it on the same level.

Brett Young

MotherGirlDaughterMomEnjoyWant

Bitterness kills the soul.

Anthony Ray Hinton

SoulBitterness

The body moves through space every day, and in architecture in cities that can be orchestrated. Not in a dictatorial fashion, but in a way of creating options, open-ended sort of personal itineraries within a building. And I see that as akin to cinematography or choreography, where episodic movement, episodic moments, occur in dance and film.

Antoine Predock

DayDanceArchitectureSpaceFashion

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.

Arthur Miller

CreditDareKnowSayWillEndure

How carefully would I atone, if I might, for the time I have lost!

Thomas Becket

TimeLostMightWouldHowCarefully

The second a political consultant tries to play dirty tricks, it will backfire, and it will hurt that candidate.

Nikki Haley

HurtPoliticalDirtyPlayWill

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