Tom Wolfe Quotes

I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was 'jejune' and I would throw it into every piece because something about it appealed to me.

Tom Wolfe

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TimeWordsMeLookingThoughtGo

I work daily, but not always on comics. I'm doing quite a bit of writing now, and I teach as well.

Jessica Abel

WorkDailyWritingDoingNowTeach

There's a difference between living somewhere and being part of somewhere.

John Boyega

LivingDifferenceSomewhereBeing

I am only doing now what I have ever done; and ever will continue to do - that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects.

John Burns

FutureLightExperiencePastI Am

I think comedy is a good way to help people change their minds. I think that if you're laughing and getting a message across, it's a lot easier than when somebody is screaming in your face.

Maz Jobrani

ChangeGoodPeopleFaceThinkHelp

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

Robert Kiyosaki

MoneyCapitalismRichViolenceOut

The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet.

Matt Cohler

FamilyLightPetBrainSomeoneSame

It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.

Angela Merkel

ChangeSayNonsenseGermansUnable

I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata or that novel, but I never had time.'

Stephen Hough

TimeLookBackSayWantNever

I've got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called 'Jayne Mansfield's Car.' I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.

Ron White

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My faith is so strong that I believe that God made me 5-11 for a reason. For all the kids that have been told, no, that they can't do it, or all the kids that will be told no.

Russell Wilson

GodFaithMeBelieveStrongWill

We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature. The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson opens the way to more detailed studies, requiring larger statistics, which will pin down the new particle's properties, and is likely to shed light on other mysteries of our universe.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer

NatureLightUniverseUnderstanding

Graham was my father's second name, so I took Graham because Lukas Graham sounded cool.

Lukas Forchhammer

FatherCoolNameBecauseSecond

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