Jonathan Franzen Quotes

I'm a poor person who has money.

Jonathan Franzen

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MoneyPersonPoorWho

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.

Andy Goldsworthy

FireI AmBecomeHeatCautiousAm

I hope to play until I'm, like, 38 or something, and that's a lot of years in the game and a lot of travel and a lot of sacrifice on my family's part.

Stephen Curry

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I like doing slightly masculine, Savile Row tailoring. A nice jacket. Wearable - it's almost a dirty word in fashion, wearable, but that's what I do.

Stella McCartney

FashionDoingDirtyNiceJacketRow

Mittelstand companies are incredibly focused and almost always family-run. The young men and women go through the apprenticeship system and learn that the goal is excellence.

Tom Peters

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When I was a child, I always wanted to be funny and to please people in my family. As you grow up that instinct becomes more refined, but it's still there.

Romola Garai

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I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain.

Mike Tyson

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I'm happy out of my mind. I like beating a lot of people.

Michelle Wie

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Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary.

Michael Scheuer

RespectDieNumbersGoingUntilBin

I directed my first music video for Sara Bareilles. I like writing and directing. I co-wrote '21 Jump Street' and I'm in that. To me, they all inform the other one. I think writing makes you a better actor, acting makes you a better writer, directing makes you better at both. To me, I'm just trying to learn as much as possible.

Jonah Hill

MusicMeWritingThinkBetterLearn

I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I don't think of myself as being a celebrity; it's too mortifying.

Johnny Depp

MyselfPeopleThinkCelebrityNever

I was 25 when my first husband walked out of the house and left me with a 10-month-old. And a house payment and a car payment. But suffice it to say I have a lot of love in my life.

Delilah

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Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.

Claire McCaskill

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