Jonathan Raban Quotes

By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you had failed in Detroit you might yet succeed in Seattle - and that if you'd succeeded in Seoul, you could succeed even better in Seattle... Seattle was the coming place. So I joined the line of hopefuls.

Jonathan Raban

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 14, 1942

Topics

CitySucceedEndBetterYouPlace

I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.

Jimmy Gomez

PeopleSufferingSeenSureMake

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary 'surfing' and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts.

Andrew Weil

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I see no difference between scientific exploration and human exploration.

John M. Grunsfeld

ExplorationHumanDifferenceSee

It's been quite an experience, being conservative and living in the North East.

Ann Romney

ExperienceLivingConservativeBeen

I want to go to dinner with Oprah! Who doesn't?

Amy Purdy

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When you hear Donald Trump say 'America First,' that was a Klan slogan from the early 1900s. Trump simply resurrected it. It's a clear example of his racist attitude.

Ron Stallworth

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I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art.

Ruth Bernhard

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As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well - and for each of God's children.

Russell M. Nelson

GodChildrenGrandchildrenWellOnly

I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and whatever my sister and brother were into.

Martina McBride

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I lived on a farm with cows, and I lived in the city with rats. My family stayed in Colorado for a while, then went from Los Angeles to Arizona. People would ask me where I'm from, and I would have to say, 'I don't have a clear answer for you.'

Jason Behr

FamilyPeopleCityMeFarmYou

You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You're doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing.

Josh Hartnett

SomeoneDoingYouActingKnowFilm

The whole Orion zeitgeist, of treating filmmakers as partners, to me it's inseparable from the success of 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Jonathan Demme

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