Jonathan Franzen Quotes

I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly.

Jonathan Franzen

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Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.

Jim Leach

Decision-MakingPublicLendDoes

As a Midlander and a big walker, I'd always loved ridge and furrow fields, the plough-marked land as it was when it was enclosed. It is the landscape giving you a story of lives that ended with the arrival of sheep.

Jim Crace

StoryLovedGivingLandscapeSheep

I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.

Robert Pinsky

I AmPeoplePlayAdmireWayTrade

When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private person who does not always want to be in the spotlight!

Anna Netrebko

I AmMeFindPersonWantDifficult

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

Michael Bloomberg

HappyBelieveProudI BelieveRaised

Part of what my work has always been about is to show that the apocalyptic character of the gospel makes the everyday possible. It gives us the time that lets us care for one another as we are ill, helps us care for one another as we experience broken relationships, and helps us take the time to worship God in a world of such violence.

Stanley Hauerwas

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Film is a strange thing.

Steve Zahn

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I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

Troy Garity

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When you talk to a Latin American president, they make you feel so tiny right from the beginning, right from the moment when they shake your hands.

Jorge Ramos

MomentBeginningAmericanHandsYou

If you look at the practice of 'crisis management,' and maybe squint at it a little, you can make out in the corners of your vision the ghosts or the vestiges of a much older, but still thoroughly American, form of public life, one centered not on public opinion but on religion.

Jonathan Dee

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My favorite singer is Ella Fitzgerald.

Brian J. Smith

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I saw 'Fargo,' not when it came out, but probably a few years later, and went through multiple viewings - I'm sure my tape has been worn out.

Allison Tolman

YearsOutThroughSawSureBeen

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