Stewart O'Nan Quotes

I like the idea of being a working writer, not of saying that it's going to take me 30 years to write my magnum opus.

Stewart O'Nan

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The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.

Jim DeMint

GovernmentBuildingPoliticalYou

I inhaled books. I loved Classics Illustrated comic books. These were books that I could afford to buy after I turned in pop bottles for change. 'The Prince and the Pauper,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth.' Male narratives filled with adventure and self-discovery.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

ChangeJourneyAdventureLovedEarth

I really think the mind of someone who hasn't been welded into place by their work or studios or actors or this whole society is a wonderful mind to work with, so I'd like to do a big picture with an unknown director.

Joan Severance

WorkMindSocietyThinkPicture

The basis of the free market is anytime you can generate revenue or profit, you've created value in excess of the resources you consume in a society. That's probably the most unbiased utility function there is, as opposed to someone's opinion.

Michael J. Saylor

ValueOpinionSocietyFreeSomeone

Peace in the head, peace in the stomach.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a word about it.

Michael Baumgartner

HistoryWarAmericanYouLostWord

I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.

Solange Knowles

BeautifulHappyChildAmazingMe

Some people may look at you almost like a fantasy at times, you know; some people don't think you're real. Because people forget that celebrities are humans too, sometimes.

Rita Ora

PeopleThinkYouLookSometimes

The era of industrial Britain, where a large section of our workforce provided cheap labour in factories and processing goods, is over.

Lucy Powell

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I know it's exciting to get an item on sale. But if you're buying for the discounts and not because it's something you need or want - either for yourself or for a gift - you're going about things the wrong way. Think of it this way: Saving 30% is great, but if you didn't buy at all, you'd be saving 100%, which is even better.

Jean Chatzky

GreatYourselfGiftThinkBetter

Bond is a classic archetype character, a character that's embedded in our heads forever, one of a lone warrior setting out to avenge a nation - and you find that character across cultures.

Bruce Feirstein

CharacterBondWarriorYouFindOut

We like to collaborate on everything, so we have no formal divisions on where we each like to focus, and we like to put our brains together on every aspect of a project. We just have a nonstop dialogue.

Anthony Russo

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