Tom Wolfe Quotes

I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.

Tom Wolfe

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BelieveLiteratureImportantOut

Have you ever asked yourselves what you are going to do when you grow up? In all likelihood you will get married, and before you know where you are, you will be mothers and fathers; and you will then be tied to a job, or to the kitchen, in which you will gradually wither away. Is that all that your life is going to be?

Jiddu Krishnamurti

LifeJobKitchenGrowYouKnow

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.

John Boyd Orr

GovernmentLawWorldInevitableMay

I have always looked at the world through the prism of money to some degree. If you could follow the money, it explains a lot of things, in all sorts of aspects of the world. You can look at politics through the prism of money. You can look at art through the prism of money. You can look at sports through the prism of money.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

SportsArtMoneyPoliticsWorldYou

When I go for a project, I wonder what underpinning a project will have that's going to give the audience some emotional access to it.

Robert Redford

WonderGoWillProjectEmotional

Wouldn't it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things?

Ruzwana Bashir

AmazingEnergyInvestingThingsMuch

I found New York too... 'vertical,' closed off, I didn't feel the muse like I did in L.A. Maybe it's the weather?

LP

New YorkWeatherFeelNewMuseOff

In life, I'm like Molly Brown. I've had tough times along the way and gone through experiences that many women have gone through. But I ain't down yet.

Debbie Reynolds

LifeWomenTough TimesToughDown

I wonder if it is harder for a woman who was beautiful to get older or a woman who was never looked at.

China Machado

BeautifulWomanWonderNeverGet

I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it.

Bret Easton Ellis

PeopleMeBookBelieveReadingOut

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

Aung San Suu Kyi

ChangeTimeWillMattersPolicy

We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone.

Ryan White

BattlesTelephoneCourtNineMonths

For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.

Mariella Frostrup

HomeWomenIndependenceDreamGoal

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