Donald Ray Pollock Quotes

Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance.

Donald Ray Pollock

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IgnorancePeopleLustBloodLived

I wanted to write a song that's known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem.

Joe Elliott

WorldSongWriteClassicKnown

There's no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there'd be no challenge. Also, you'd feel inferior.

Jessica Alba

ChallengeThinkFeelYouPerfect

As a father of four, I want our children to enjoy the freedoms and opportunities that are the fruit of progressive values.

Stephen Pagliuca

FatherChildrenFruitOpportunities

I suspect that living 24/7 in workout attire is the clothing version of the messy topknot. We all know that your hair is dirty, or too long, or too frizzy, or your roots have grown out, but we are all going to accept it as fabulous because that's the deal.

Mary H.K. Choi

RootsHairLongDirtyKnowLiving

The longer it takes to respond to a major development or crisis, the higher the chance of violence being seen as the only answer.

Miroslav Lajcak

ChanceViolenceCrisisDevelopment

This whole social media scene makes me sick.

Jon Gruden

Social MediaMeSickMediaSocial

Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of stark terror and pain.

Christopher Hitchens

ExperiencePainAnxietyLongIllness

In summer of 2008, I meet a guy named Michael Seibel. And Michael Seibel says, 'There are these people called angels, and they'll give you money.' The first thing I thought is, 'I can't believe this guy believes in angels.' That's how naive I was.

Brian Chesky

MoneyPeopleBelieveThoughtYou

I'm an actor. I love to create.

Brittany Murphy

LoveCreateActorI Love

Once upon a time, I was a workaholic clocking more than 80 hours per week. That changed after I began to write. I now work only around 35 hours per week. I do not work on weekends because these are the days that I use for research as well as for my writing.

Ashwin Sanghi

WorkTimeResearchWritingWeekNow

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.

Witold Pilecki

No SenseAskOutSenseOrdersTaken

Perhaps the majority of human beings never think of standing by themselves, and choosing their own employments, till the sentence has been regularly promulgated to them, 'It is time for you to take care of yourself.'

William Godwin

TimeYourselfThinkCareTake Care

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