Donald Ray Pollock Quotes

I would try to write my own story about some East Coast suburbanite having an affair or something like that. So I did that for maybe two years or so, and it just wasn't working for me at all.

Donald Ray Pollock

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MeStoryMy OwnTryWriteOwn

I do think that character types trend. As a female comedian, the parts that come my way are often terrible women.

Jenny Slate

WomenCharacterThinkWayTrend

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Robert South

ArgumentNothingProveLighten

Arguably, the families most at need of housing assistance are systematically denied it because they're stamped with an eviction record. Moms and kids are bearing the brunt of those consequences.

Matthew Desmond

ConsequencesNeedHousingKidsMost

Even though many Indians can read or speak English, for most, it is not their first language. At the office, we speak in English, but we consume our culture in our own language.

Amish Tripathi

CultureSpeakLanguageFirstOffice

Petty thievery is a more profitable job than pool hustling, which it resembles, requires far less talent and training, and is equally devoid of promise.

Robert Byrne

JobTrainingTalentPoolPettyMore

On weekends, I do brunch at home: whole grain bagels, lox, avocado, eggs, and organic bacon.

Mary Helen Bowers

HomeEggsBaconWeekendsOrganic

I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.

Michael Malone

FailureFaithThinkAmericaGreatest

You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.

Drake

NegativeStoryPlanYouGoThings

It's so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. - and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear 'Manic Monday' on the radio, and you don't even know this person, and they're listening to it and singing along with it. Wow! Blows your mind.

Debbi Peterson

MondayMindAmazingSingingYou

Every team has to understand what their ambitions are. If their ambitions are to fight for the title or win the Champions League, you must buy expensive players. Otherwise, you continue to stay in your level. It's simple.

Antonio Conte

SimpleFightTeamWinYouChampions

I think it's strange when people my age and younger get surgery. Somebody's got to play old people.

Ashley Jensen

AgePeopleThinkPlayStrangeOld

It is apparent, if you go back through our history, that the grand juries of the criminal justice system do not value black lives.

William Lacy Clay, Jr.

HistoryJusticeValueBlackYouGo

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