Augusten Burroughs Quotes

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen.

Augusten Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1965

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Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there.

John Cusack

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As part of the E.U., my children can have the freedom and the opportunity to work and live across Europe; to be ambitious in the world's largest market; and to access so much of the history, the culture and the opportunity which is our common European heritage.

Andrew Lansley

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Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to a variety of interest groups and membership organizations - clubs, associations, political parties, unions - to which politicians were responsive.

Robert Reich

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Every one of them is different. In fact, brains are like faces in that no two are ever alike.

Ann McKee

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Sometimes being scared of something can be good because it can give you strength. A great example for me would be acting in English! Basically, whenever I'm scared of a project, I know it's worth it.

Stephanie Sigman

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At The Huffington Post, we thought of the front page as a one-stop shop for everything you'd need in news.

Jonah Peretti

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The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party.

Chen Shui-bian

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I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

Brad Garrett

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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

Allen Iverson

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There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

Phylicia Rashad

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Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

Paul Theroux

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One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

Pauline Kael

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