Denis Johnson Quotes

I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but if they'd like to think that, I'd like to keep the legend alive. Maybe I was under the influence when I wrote Jesus' Son and I just didn't know it.

Denis Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 1, 1949 - May 24, 2017

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Repealing the estate tax won't create jobs, it won't boost GDP, and it won't add efficiency to the market. Instead, repealing the estate tax will simply add to the debt, hurt our ability to build a stronger economy and worsen economic inequality.

John Delaney

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But once you have satisfied your material needs, which I think every wealth creator should - the house, the car, the plane, the boat - what comes next?

Tom Hunter

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Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.

Robert A. Dahl

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Anybody that's been in Indiana for five minutes knows that Hoosier hospitality is not a slogan, it's a reality.

Mike Pence

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I'm not buying a boat because of writing skits.

Jason Sudeikis

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I think that a lot of people just don't understand creativity.

Swizz Beatz

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If you're not going to do it to the best of your ability, then don't do it at all.

Scooter Braun

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Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic.

Seamus Heaney

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There are days when I'll write for 15 minutes and have to give up and move around, and I'll write another paragraph and give up again. On other days I get intensely - focused on the process, sit down at 8 A.M. and won't get up until 8 P.M.

Rick Riordan

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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.

Noam Chomsky

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By the year 2040, the world's population is likely to increase by about 2 billion people, with also projected economic output will be up about 130 percent versus the year 2010.

Rex Tillerson

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I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.

Mario Cantone

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