Jonathan Franzen Quotes

Only in my 40s did I become a person whose heart lifts whenever he hears a grosbeak singing or a towhee calling, and who hurries out to see a golden plover that's been reported in the neighbourhood, just because it's a beautiful bird, with truly golden plumage, and has flown all the way from Alaska.

Jonathan Franzen

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HeartBeautifulBirdSingingPerson

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

Jimmy Buffett

PathHelpYouFindWiserListen

A lot of the state-sponsored growth in India was just too fast. You went from cradle to Nirvana in a short period of time.

Jerry A. Webman

GrowthTimeShortYouFastIndia

I grew up on the south side of Chicago in the 1960s, and I think there was a synchronicity of events that inspired me to be an astronaut, and, of course, the backdrop is nothing less than Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. That was a time in our nation where we aspired to great things, and we achieved them.

John M. Grunsfeld

GreatTimeMeThinkGreat Things

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.

Max Frisch

GuiltyCitizenLevelOffenseAbove

It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.

Matthew Bourne

GoodMindThinkRealityDoingYou

I fought Dan Henderson in 2009, and I lost, and that was at UFC 100 - UFC 100 was the biggest pay-per-view the company's ever done. 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, watched all over the world, and of course, I get knocked out cold after talking lots of smack leading up to the fight. So I got my just desserts in that one.

Michael Bisping

FightWorldColdTalkingLostDone

My biggest accomplishment was playing 'Lark' on the daytime drama Port Charles because it was the most regular acting job I have had, and I had to step in and fill someone else's shoes.

Amy Weber

ShoesJobStepAccomplishmentActing

For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

Amanda Crew

MyselfChallengeMeGrowingWant

When you are president, being able to clearly articulate detailed plans to help the people of this country is a good thing. Knowing what you're doing is a good thing. And let me tell you, Hillary Clinton absolutely knows what she's doing.

Michelle Obama

GoodPeopleMeDoingHelpYou

I have never seen John Kerry give anything but an engineered response.

Michael Parenti

NeverAnythingSeenGiveResponse

You can get claustrophobia and agoraphobia - a fear of wide, open spaces - simultaneously on a spacewalk.

Chris Hadfield

FearYouOpenGetWideSpaces

If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular.

Connie Nielsen

LifeHappinessGodKnowledgeWish

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