Jonathan Franzen Quotes

I defy anyone to finish Halldor Laxness's 'Independent People' without wetting the pages with tears.

Jonathan Franzen

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I left 'L.A. Law' after five years when my contract was up because I felt I had done all I could do with the character. I didn't walk off the show with a three-picture deal to pursue this wonderful film career.

Jimmy Smits

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I started in this racket in the early '70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of.

Jerry Pournelle

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War remains the decisive human failure.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society.

Trevor Phillips

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I think fans expect fighters to beat each other up, and what I expect out of myself is to stay of trouble.

Robbie Lawler

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Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.

Michelle Bachelet

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Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.

Jared Diamond

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It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late at night.

Derek Jacobi

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When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain.

Chip Conley

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I try to make fun of everyone as often as possible, especially minorities.

Chelsea Handler

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President Kennedy knew every agent by name. President Johnson knew many of us, but not as many as President Kennedy, probably.

Clint Hill

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Are you living for the things you are praying for?

Austin Phelps

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