Don DeLillo Quotes

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery.

Don DeLillo

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MysteryYouWayTrySomething

Language and identity are so fundamentally intertwined. You peel back all the layers in terms of what we wear and what we eat and all the things that mark us, and in the end, what we have are our words.

Jhumpa Lahiri

WordsIdentityEndLanguageYouEat

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

John Churton Collins

FindSecretsKnewShouldComforts

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

Andrew Jackson

PowerGreatPeopleStrongCorruption

In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.

Mason Cooley

DesireStreetGazeMenacing

I've had moments in my career when I've made more money and had more success than at other times, but I've realized being happy has very little to do with any of that.

Mat Kearney

SuccessMoneyHappyMomentsCareer

I remember clearly the afternoon I sat down with Obama. In December 2006, he was preparing for a family trip, and the decision to run weighed heavily on his mind. As a progressive member of Congress from Illinois, I was excited and energized by the prospect of my senator, and my friend, running for president.

Luis Gutierrez

FamilyFriendDecisionMindRemember

As single-mom female inventor, there was no path for that, so really I don't think people took me seriously for a really long time. Certainly the Miracle Mop being my first successful product, people started to pay attention, and I guess now they really pay attention.

Joy Mangano

PathTimePeopleMeThinkAttention

Just because I'm young doesn't mean I didn't work hard to get to where I am.

Chloe Kim

WorkI AmWork HardYoungMeanHard

I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.

Chen Guangcheng

TimeI AmMeEasyI CanSay

All my life, I've been right next to a football field. I never knew nothing else.

Bobby Bowden

LifeFootballMy LifeNothingNever

A lot of good actors tend to be quite introverted as people.

Antony Sher

GoodPeopleQuiteLotTend

There's that bubble of childhood that makes you innocently do anything. Then, when you get older, that pops, and you're aware of limitations and judgment and social pressures and things like that.

Pete Docter

ChildhoodYouBubbleAnythingAware

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