Susan Barker Quotes

Most of 'Let the Great World Spin' is centered on the day in 1974 when Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center, creating an astonishing spectacle that intersects with the lives of many of the novel's multiple protagonists.

Susan Barker

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As a kid, I just loved cartoons. And as the credits went by, I'd study those names and then try to figure how I could get hired to do what Mel Blanc and Daws Butler did. Create all of these great voices for animated characters.

Jim Cummings

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I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it; it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.

Jenny Lewis

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There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things.

Jensen Ackles

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I was the kind of kid who couldn't really stop making up stories during class. I didn't do very well academically because I was always drawing these little doodles in the margins of my notebooks and I wasn't bringing home the best grades.

Meg Cabot

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I've written thousands of stories, started hundreds of news cycles.

Matt Drudge

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If I come to Aspen for one or two nights, I stay at the St. Regis.

Michael Dell

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The whole Indian thing, I always say it's really the American holocaust. It's something we need to look at.

Skeet Ulrich

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Yeah, spray tans are not for me.

Tristan MacManus

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Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements.

Trombone Shorty

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In the NFL, you've got to get to the Super Bowl, and you've got to win it. That's the evaluation we're all accountable to.

Jon Gruden

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Things that are unknown attract us.

Deborah Ann Woll

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The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd.

David Sze

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