Philip Roth Quotes

For me, the passing of time has provided me with subjects I never had before. Subjects I can now look at from a historical perspective. Like the anti-communist era in America. I lived through that. I was a boy; I didn't find a way to write about it until many years later. The same with the Vietnam War.

Philip Roth

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 19, 1933 - May 22, 2018

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I clean out the cat tray like everyone else.

Joanna Coles

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There have been situations where I have lost movies because I've said, 'This is not a fair deal,' and I've walked away.

Jessica Chastain

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There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes to keep you afloat.

Anna Quindlen

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Yosemite Valley is like a tourist zoo. It's shameful.

Michael Frome

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There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton.

John Podesta

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I'm very anti-antidepressants. It's not the chemicals of my brain that's a problem; it's reality. I don't think tricking my brain into reinterpreting reality is going to help.

Amanda Knox

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Instead of waking up every day saying, 'Poor me,' how about you get up and thank God you can get up!

Tomi Lahren

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Training hasn't been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame.

Tom Daley

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The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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I was part of the peace movement and part of the civil rights movement. You know what we heard? 'The majority of people don't support you.'

Ron Dellums

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I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.

Dick Van Dyke

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The way it works for me is my sight and sound senses are combined. Every sound I associate with a color and every color I associate with a sound... The way I see things is constant streamers across the room, bouncing off from every touch and every sound. Over the years, I've learned what color palates I love most.

Dev Hynes

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