Ronald Frame Quotes

Let's say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that's simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to make it seem real to readers, as if it happened just like this - so I don't want fancy descriptions getting in the way.

Ronald Frame

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HopeMeStoryAmericanFindWant

My desire for fame is infinite.

John Paul Jones

DesireFameInfinite

Some of the things we do are great, but they often have these iterations that are not great. We screw up sometimes. We get rejected.

Angela Duckworth

GreatSometimesUpThingsGetSome

Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect the rights in the Constitution, have to protect the requirement that the executive and the legislature not simply exercise raw power but adhere to standards of reasonableness and constitutionality.

Jed S. Rakoff

PowerPeopleConstitutionExercise

I can't give up my own identity.

Shirley MacLaine

IdentityMy OwnUpOwnGive

Our days are filled with a constant stream of decisions. Most are mundane, but some are so important that they can haunt you for the rest of your life.

Travis Bradberry

LifeRestDecisionsYouImportant

One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.

Toni Morrison

MyselfSisterPoliticalBornNever

Win or lose, I'll feel good about myself. That's what is important.

Mary Docter

GoodMyselfWinFeel GoodFeelLose

This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid.

Russel Honore

ControlStupidDisasterSomething

That's why fame freaks me out in a lot of ways - because how genuine of a connection can you have when you're a commodity, and a conversation with you means bragging rights? That's terrifying to me.

Mary Lambert

MeYouConnectionConversationWhy

I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If that doesn't come my way soon, I think I just might have to write it myself.

Michael Trevino

LoveMyselfThinkLos AngelesWay

Music as a business is a dirty thing.

Brian Reitzell

BusinessMusicDirtyThing

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.

Anne Wojcicki

HealthBestCarePreventionReform

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