Anne Roiphe Quotes

You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else.

Anne Roiphe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: December 25, 1935

Topics

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Interviews are vital, but you cannot allow an interviewer to take your life and disturb it.

Jerry Lewis

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Rituals are the building blocks of life, my way of cobbling an entire summer together from incidental wisps.

Andre Aciman

LifeTogetherBuildingSummerWay

It seems like a really fun way to make a living, but I'm truly terrible at acting.

Max Winkler

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I dislike arrogant men and diva behavior in either gender.

Robin Wright

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When I came out, I thought coming out meant giving up a marriage and a family. That was, to me, the most difficult part of the coming-out process.

Rory O'Malley

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My job is to make sure we keep performing.

Mats Sundin

JobKeepSureMakePerforming

I believe, as a matter of principle, that the debt is a problem that must be addressed sooner rather than later. I also know that fundamental changes are needed in the way Washington spends and taxes if we truly want a healthy economy. This must include changing our government's long-term fiscal path, which is unsustainable.

Mick Mulvaney

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Don't believe everything you read.

Molly Sims

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I love the Country Music Hall of Fame. I don't think it's just a hall of fame and it's not just a museum. It's a schoolhouse. It's a place where people from all across the world can come and learn about this great genre that we're making a living out of.

Josh Turner

LoveMusicGreatPeopleWorldThink

There was always that thing with 'Johnny' - I always saw myself as his writer and PR. But when he got out there, I had no control. His whole thing was going off on those flights of fancy. Going, 'Let's see what we can possibly do that hasn't been done before up here.' And when it works, it's lovely; it's a great night.

Johnny Vegas

GreatMyselfControlNightDoneSee

We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions.

Cornel West

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I find 12 P.M. as the best time to work out. During training, I do two body parts a day: chest-back, back-triceps or chest-biceps so that my body doesn't get used to a pattern.

Arjun Rampal

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