Mary Gaitskill Quotes

It's scary to me to watch the world around us get less and less physical while in the imaginary world of pop culture, aggressive impulses and fear reactions are floridly, furiously stoked and indulged.

Mary Gaitskill

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FearCultureMeWorldScaryWatch

Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home.

John Cleveland

HomeGodWanderHimBeenChanged

'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.

John Lasseter

LifeLearningJourneyEnjoy Life

At the height of the Enron mania, the company's market value was $65 billion. Once the dust cleared, the final value was $0.

Robert Kiyosaki

ValueHeightCompanyDustFinal

Politics thrives on simple, clean messages, something that played to Obama's advantage in 2008. Stagnant unemployment and the loss of America's AAA rating are as simple and tough as they come. This is the economy on Obama's watch, and there's no one left to blame.

John Sununu

SimplePoliticsBlameToughLoss

If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.

Amish Tripathi

MoneyPurposeWritingYouGetYour

I like to make movies on the west side of the Mississippi River, and a lot of times, the movies I direct have horses and big hats in them and get called westerns, but that's okay. I used to resent that, but I don't anymore.

Tommy Lee Jones

RiverHatsMoviesOkaySideBig

Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India's tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

PositiveTraditionDebateIndiaNeed

I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.

Martin Scorsese

BeginningEndYouOpeningAlwaysUp

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

Mignon McLaughlin

StrengthWeaknessGoingShowOur

Your message is stupid. Iraq is not afraid of you or anyone else when it has a right to claim. What you warned about is not on Iraq's agenda. Iraq is vital and powerful. It is not an opportunistic country. Your administration has not learned from the past.

Mohammed Aldouri

PastStupidYouPowerfulCountry

Verizon's vision is to provide customers with a premium digital experience based on a global multiscreen network platform.

Lowell McAdam

VisionExperienceDigitalGlobal

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.

Lou Reed

NostalgiaMineLikeUnless

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