Jonathan Franzen Quotes

A big part of me would be very proud never having anything of mine adapted, because if you want the real experience, there's only one way to get it. You're going to actually have to be a reader.

Jonathan Franzen

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The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

John Cale

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The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it.

Andrea Dworkin

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They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

John Tillotson

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I think the cinematography in 'Mr. Robot' is some of the best I've ever seen, honestly. Not even as being part of the show but as somebody who enjoys cinema and movies in film and TV.

Stephanie Corneliussen

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People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely.

Steven Pinker

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I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

Joseph Barbera

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'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.

Dolly Parton

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I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what those are. They know what to expect and then you have to wrong-foot them. That is the trick of crime fiction. And readers come to crime and graphic novels wanting to be entertained, or disgusted.

Denise Mina

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The American people overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer funding of abortions, and it's no different in Arizona, where we have long-standing policy against subsidizing them with public dollars.

Doug Ducey

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Humans metabolize their purchases very quickly, even if it seemed worth it for any number of reasons when you first bought it. After some time passes, people will go back to feeling the baseline feelings they had previously felt about themselves, no matter how shiny the object, the hair, or the experience.

Debbie Millman

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And I'm asking for your support because I want to defend America, as I've said before, from becoming a socialist nation.

Christine O'Donnell

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Researchers warn us against walking out on married life without a dang good reason.

Ariel Gore

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