Jonathan Franzen Quotes

To read is to have experiences; every book changes my life at least a little bit. The first time I can remember this happening was when I was 10, with a biography of Thomas Edison.

Jonathan Franzen

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LifeTimeBookMy LifeRemember

You have to stay active; it keeps the bones flexible.

Maye Musk

YouFlexibleActiveBonesStay

My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar.

Maureen Forrester

MotherChildrenCookingWomanVoice

I know it will take a little time to adapt to a different team and a different league.

Robbie Keane

TimeTeamKnowAdaptWillLittle

The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Rumer Godden

MottoCircleThornsSetWord

We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a problem - anywhere above seven rogue soldiers who got out of control on the night shift.

Janis Karpinski

ControlNightProblemAdmitDone

To sum up, there is no evidence that a world without nuclear weapons would be a dangerous world. On the contrary, it would be a safer world, as I will show later.

Joseph Rotblat

WorldDangerousWillNuclear Weapons

Business is always looking to avoid the toughest norms. But some do it in a civilized way, while others push it using uncivilized, brazen methods.

Dmitry Medvedev

BusinessLookingPushWayOthers

I don't read about myself, and I don't read any magazine that has anything to do with movies or show business.

Christopher Guest

BusinessMyselfMoviesAnythingShow

Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you don't leave it alone after a minute or two, you're in trouble. They want to keep the game moving, so they've got to throw you out. I had trouble leaving it alone, I guess.

Bobby Cox

GoodAloneMovingGameLongYou

I'd had the theater background for so long that I know that world inside out; I just didn't know the pace of how a TV set works, like how a show shoots.

Sutton Foster

WorldLongKnowInsideOutPace

Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a privilege.

Peter Shumlin

HealthCarePrivilegeWayRight

As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood.

Thomas S. Monson

BirthdayServiceWarWorldMilitary

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