Donald Ray Pollock Quotes

When I was growing up, I just wanted to be somewhere else. I didn't like living in Knockemstiff, and I figured when I got older, I'd move off to some big city.

Donald Ray Pollock

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Couples without kids have each other, their friends, families, and Siri to talk to. It's not like they're quarantining themselves in an underground bunker, never to take a romantic stroll on the beach or attend a Morrissey concert ever again. They're just using birth control.

Jen Kirkman

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Sometimes I get frustrated in traffic. I typically start going deep with my cab driver and Twitter feed - simultaneously - to take my mind off the gridlock. I enjoy live-tweeting my cab rides.

Andy Cohen

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If you're going to lose weight, you have to do it by changing your way of thinking about food. It cannot be the highlight of your life.

Jean Nidetch

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Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

John Thaw

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I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.

Amy Grant

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Heavenly Father loves every one of His children. After all, He is their Father.

Russell M. Nelson

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Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

Michael Jordan

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I think Elvis loved his fans - I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.

Minnie Pearl

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For a global company, it is imperative to respect and honor local culture and weave that into the core company values rather than the other way around.

Julia Hartz

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I love the Cowboys in the early 90s. That was their heyday, winning all those Super bowls. Troy Aikman was a person I looked up to.

Drew Brees

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I'm from Denver, and basketball there isn't near what it is out in Chicago or Detroit or L.A. There weren't that many great players to come out of the area; I was the best player in high school. I was Player of the Year four straight years for the state. As a freshman, I was State Player of the Year; I was Mr. Everything, so I was a phenom.

Chauncey Billups

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Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

Christie Hefner

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