Maryanne Wolf Quotes

I have always worried about who can read, who can't, who doesn't, and the great, life-altering consequences hidden within those distinctions.

Maryanne Wolf

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Virginia Woolf's great novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway,' is the first great book I ever read. I read it almost by accident when I was in high school, when I was 15 years old.

Michael Cunningham

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Storytelling is my true passion.

Amanda Warren

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My proudest moment was the number 'Reviewing the Situation.' I suspect that, because I gave my all to the role and because I was working with such a fine team of people, it inhibited my future career.

Ron Moody

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The computer is your passport, not only to the future but to knowing what's going around you.

Michael Nutter

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When I talk to young people who want to go to Broadway or whatever, I say, 'The highs are very high and the lows are very low and then there is a lot in between.'

Liz Callaway

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The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama's win of both the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that Democrats need to be as tough as JFK was.

Jon Meacham

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I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

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I've worked a lot with Noah Baumbach, and he doesn't make it easy to like his characters, but the stories are funny and witty and there's an edge to that kind of humanity.

Ciaran Hinds

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I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.

Bonnie Raitt

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But after this last year and dealing with the studio, the rest of us are closer than we've ever been.

Bruce McCulloch

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I represent my community, and I represent my people. And I've got to be honest if something seems questionable.

Wyatt Cenac

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Sony is the only studio without broadcast relationships with the NFL.

Peter Landesman

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