Tom Perrotta Quotes

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

Tom Perrotta

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LifeMy LifeLivedJustHappened

Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him.

Jennifer Grant

GracePerfectGoWayWitCharm

A TV touchstone for me is 'The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.' That series was whimsical and smart and had the mix of comedy and drama that I now trade in - but with a dash of magical realism. I wanted to be Molly Dodd, but more than that, I wanted to be Jay Tarses, who created the show.

Jenji Kohan

SmartMeComedyDramaNowMore

I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.

John Cusack

PeopleMeThinkThinkingYouDone

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

CommitmentPastChallengesNowWhy

Every religious pioneer, including Jesus Christ, was persecuted by his contemporaries. But once people understand me, their turn can be dramatic like Saint Paul's.

Sun Myung Moon

PeopleMeUnderstandJesus Christ

My instinct as a philosopher is that we are effectively approaching a multicentric world, which means we need to ask new, and for the traditional left, unpleasant questions.

Slavoj Zizek

WorldQuestionsNewAskNeedLeft

The thing that I just discovered, which fascinates me really - my name, McCann, the translation isn't 'Son of Ann'... It comes from 'Canis' - as in 'canine' - as in 'dog!' My name - Rory McCann - means Rory Hound, Rory Wolfhound.

Rory McCann

DogSonMeNameTranslationJust

For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I've never really dealt with religious things.

Mitch Albom

SpiritualPeopleThinkNeverDealt

We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations.

Joseph Howe

SmileMattersMayMelancholy

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

Derek Luke

LoveMeYouArtistHip-HopTell

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.

Cheryl Strayed

HumanWriterMuchLearnedBoth

And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering.

Artur Davis

OpportunityWordsSufferingRose

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