Amor Towles Quotes

I have the foundation to write, and then I go back and do research, and some of that might influence the recrafting of certain scenes.

Amor Towles

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I always imagine that if I met Dr. Seuss, he would be very similar to Crispin Glover.

Jim Gaffigan

AlwaysImagineWouldHeMetVery

I've always wanted something that the message is meaningful to me. I think about all these diversified personalities, people, and countries that I play. I'm simple, and I want to be able to sing my songs to anybody.

Andrae Crouch

SimplePeopleMeThinkPlayWant

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

Tom Jones

BusinessMusicMoneyMovingKey

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion. And as I have gotten older, I came to understand, that a person's sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.

Ronnie Musgrove

LifeGoodAgeKnowledgeCompassion

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.

Michel de Montaigne

WorkMyselfFindMadWriteOut

Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.

Jason Silva

IdeasWorldPowerfulSeeUsBecause

The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today.

David Suzuki

FutureTodayPastAnimalMemoryNow

Voting the names of the dead, and the nonexistent, and the too-mentally-impaired to function, cancels out the votes of citizens who are exercising their rights - that's suppression by any light.

Artur Davis

LightVotingDeadNamesOutRights

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.

William Gibson

WritingShortFictionStartedSome

Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.

William H. Seward

SlaveryFreeChristianChooseNation

I almost sabotaged my career. 'The Fast and the Furious' didn't let me, and I'm grateful now. That franchise gave me the opportunity.

Paul Walker

OpportunityGratefulMeCareerFast

The best part is it's a dream come true. I've always wanted to be a working actor, and the good part of it... it's all good! I work long hours, but it's amazing. They pay me. That's amazing! I get to kiss Keri Russell, and that ain't too bad.

Scott Foley

WorkGoodBestKissAmazingMe

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