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Tom Wolfe Quotes

To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still love the adventure of going out and reporting on things I don't know about.

Tom Wolfe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 2, 1931

Topics

Love Great Adventure Joy Me Writing

There's times, in certain songs, that I might be in my own world, and who cares about who's out there, you know? You have a job to do, so you do that job of singing that song or telling that story because that's what you're doing.

Jimmy Scott

Job Singing World Song Story Doing

I do love my country. I don't think I'm particularly a good American. I don't know what makes a good American. Other than somebody who - I like people who let other people alone. I think that's a pretty good American. And I keep my hands to myself. So I'm an OK American.

Stephen Colbert

Love Good Alone Myself People Think

As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal.

Steven Pinker

Learning Children Language Long Dots

You know that wherever you go, not everyone will speak your language. But go and experience the local culture and try to pick up as much as you can. I certainly think going forward - away from football because football is just a small part of your life - you will grow as a person.

Steve McManaman

Life Culture Experience Football

Working on 'Lonely, I'm Not' - I love the material so much, and it's spring in New York, so I'm walking home whistling every day.

Topher Grace

Love Home Day New York Spring New

Ever since I was a kid, I've dreamt about winning the Brazilian league, and I still dream about it now. I am doing everything I possibly can to make my dream come true.

Ronaldinho

I Am Winning Doing Dream Now True

My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.

Michelle Bachelet

Women Push Political Empowerment Top

I like working in a team, and at Ferrari there is always good cooperation.

Michael Schumacher

Good Team Cooperation Always Ferrari

The issue of immigration is one of the most complex and politically difficult issues because there is so much passion on all sides.

Luis Gutierrez

Passion Immigration Difficult Sides

Jews have a special relationship to books, and the Haggadah has been translated more widely, and reprinted more often, than any other Jewish book. It is not a work of history or philosophy, not a prayer book, user's manual, timeline, poem or palimpsest - and yet it is all these things.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Work Relationship History Prayer

Acting will always be my first passion, it's what I live to do and I hope to be lucky enough to do it the rest of my life.

Devon Werkheiser

Life Live Passion Hope Rest My Life

When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels has been as good a lesson as any.

Deborah Copaken Kogan

Good Writing Reading Lesson Never