Tom Wolfe Quotes

On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that... Masters of the Universe.

Tom Wolfe

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UniverseWallThreeStreetBecome

I don't know that anyone comes from a truly functional family.

Andie MacDowell

FamilyKnowFunctionalAnyoneTruly

Power as an experience is as intense as sex. Power is more pervasive and unremitting. Sex has periods of remission.

John J. McLaughlin

PowerExperienceSexMoreIntense

Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!

Jeanne Calment

ChildrenWorryHaving ChildrenLess

If you're going to be hosting any event or a performance or having dinner with people after a performance, it is work, but it's also social: food and a glass of wine would be involved often.

John Tiffany

WorkFoodPeopleDinnerPerformance

Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.

Shirley Temple

WorldLongMoreRealReal World

Nerds... the 'nerd' has never been precisely defined, thanks to the psychological complexity of the creature. The word has connotations of some level of intelligence. The typical nerd is a male with intelligence but no sense of giving it a manly face.

Tom Wolfe

IntelligenceFaceGivingNeverManly

But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting.

Rosanne Cash

MeWritingPerfectFindNothing

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

Ruth Brown

ThroughUpStartedGotApplause

It's not the size of the dreamer, it's the size of the dream.

Josh Ryan Evans

DreamerDreamSize

If you are a new, upcoming designer, you've got to think of new, cool ways to make the industry look at you. Don't just get stuck in a rut, show your clothes, and be like, 'You should like this.'

Coco Rocha

CoolThinkClothesYouLookNew

I didn't think anyone was going to buy 'Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me?' It was really personal, not a hit record, I thought. I wanted us to sound completely different. Shows how much I knew.

Boy George

MeThinkHurtThoughtYouPersonal

I'm past 75, I still walk, and I don't dye my hair blond, and I don't touch it up.

Pauline Trigere

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