Michelle Huneven Quotes

It isn't as if a writer merely records life as it unfurls. Reality does not automatically transcribe as literature; real people are not shapely, compelling characters to be harvested. Charming facts and sharp observations rarely slide seamlessly into whatever narrative is at hand.

Michelle Huneven

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LifePeopleFactsRealityLiterature

You never ask why you've been fired because if you do, they're liable to tell you.

Jerry Coleman

YouWhyNeverAskTellFired

Because I never thought the Lord would treat me any different from any other honest man or that I had an official position that compelled the Lord to help me in any other way than He would help any other man.

John Harvey Kellogg

ManMeTreatThoughtHelpWay

We still have this prudish, puritanical culture, but we also have so little exposure to a diversity of bodies. Bodies are beautiful and great and compelling.

Jenji Kohan

BeautifulGreatCultureDiversity

I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones.

John Rocha

WomenBeautifulMenMeImpactFind

In college football, fans wallow in a culture of failure. Unless you root for Miami, you sadly wait for disaster to strike your team in a manner not seen outside of Fenway Park.

Stephen Rodrick

FailureCultureFootballTeamWait

I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something you've done. But I think your life is easier, ultimately, if you're honest.

Sophie Okonedo

LifeLieThinkMy LifeYouDone

I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

Sue Townsend

DaughterTrainingI AmSisterAm

New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.

Rufus Wainwright

LoveArtCultureNew YorkBelieve

As far as I'm concerned, the people who aren't paying taxes don't get to run around claiming that they built everything, that the built the roads and that they built the bridges and so forth.

Rush Limbaugh

RoadsPeopleBridgesRunTaxesGet

It's easy to make fun of AOL's pending purchase of HuffPo. Just like AOL's purchase of TimeWarner, here we have a new media company - Huffington Post - fooling an old media company, AOL, into overpaying for something that has already peaked.

Douglas Rushkoff

FunMediaEasyNewOldCompany

To be famous and broke is hard.

David Spade

FamousHardBroke

State universities in Illinois are a microcosm of our state government - broken with work rules and administrative bureaucracy.

Bruce Rauner

WorkBrokenGovernmentRulesState

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