Jonathan Franzen Quotes

I feel as if I'm clearly part of a trend among writers who take themselves seriously - and I confess to taking myself as seriously as the next writer.

Jonathan Franzen

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I've chosen to get the word out to women, especially young women, that tobacco is not glamorous - it's addictive and smoking takes a serious toll on your health.

Mena Suvari

WomenHealthSmokingSeriousYoung

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.

Maya Rudolph

DayFashionYouLordCallKnows

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

John Lithgow

GreatPerspectiveAwardsEverything

No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist?

Jeffrey Kluger

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I miss Irish milk. Probably not as much as Superquinn sausages.

Tristan MacManus

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I'm constantly evolving as a musician.

Tommy Lee

EvolvingMusicianConstantly

In America, they never make anything without first having a market survey to ask the public what they want. People only ask for things they already know about, so you don't get anything new that way. That's why American fashion is stuck.

Mary Quant

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I like being surrounded by students and intellectuals.

Louis Garrel

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I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs.

Jorja Smith

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I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work.

Brad Paisley

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Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.

Anwar Sadat

HistorySolutionYouGiveOnlyArms

There is no privilege in restriction. In other words, I disagree with people who say restriction makes you more creative. I think that's a misleading slogan. I might have been more creative without them than with them.

Asghar Farhadi

WordsCreativePeopleThinkYouSay

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