Mary Gaitskill Quotes

Where I grew up, in the Detroit area, there was a really good station. Sometimes you would hear songs for the first time on the radio, and if a really special song came on, somebody would turn it up, and everybody would just stop talking.

Mary Gaitskill

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GoodTimeSongTalkingYouStop

Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill?

John Ensign

LifeLearningPurposeThinkThinking

I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about that any longer.

John Mackey

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Ironically, since Obama was elected, for the first time in my life I'm sometimes not proud of my country.

Ann Coulter

LifeTimeProudMy LifeSometimes

I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people.

Ann Patchett

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All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. There were music videos before Michael Jackson, and there were music videos after Michael Jackson. He brought such a huge change in the marketing and positioning of the music video.

Sonu Nigam

ChangeMusicWorldMarketingTrue

I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.

Sia

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In a thriving culture, you celebrate your achievements. In an exhausted one, you proclaim your disadvantages.

Tom Hollander

CultureCelebrateYouExhaustedYour

In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain.

Mike Crapo

JanuaryGreatIndependenceSense

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

Michael Pena

WorkBeautifulJoyMy OwnFirstOwn

I have covered wars, before the epidemic began and since. They are all ugly and painful and unjust, but for me, nothing has matched the dread I felt while walking through the Castro, the Village, or Dupont Circle at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Michael Specter

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I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.

Michael Landon

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I also work with the spirituality of people.

Della Reese

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