Peter Matthiessen Quotes

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.

Peter Matthiessen

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TruthYouTelling The TruthTelling

My bookshelves have no order. I prune them regularly and sell the books to Myopic Books, a Chicago bookstore. They give me store credit, and then I spend all the store credit, and, presumably, return to sell them back more of the books I bought from them.

Jesse Ball

MeCreditBackChicagoMoreReturn

An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world.

Matt Taibbi

WorldWallPlaceStreetWayHidden

You talk to any of the job creators, and they'll tell you one of the things that concerns them the most is the debt. And so high levels of indebtedness are going to lead to high levels of taxation, which lead to high level of unemployment.

Jeb Hensarling

JobYouDebtTalkTellHigh

I haven't seen 'The Empire Strikes Back' - I'm not gonna lie.

Tom Holland

LieBackEmpireSeenStrikesGonna

Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history.

Michael Scheuer

GoodHistoryGreatManGreat ManHe

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

Dick Bruna

FamilyBusinessPeopleArtistBecome

There was a big horror boom in the '80s, and I liked its originality and what you could get away with.

Chris Wooding

YouHorrorOriginalityBigAwayGet

I learned that life is about the people around you and the people you give back to. That's what parenting is: You're not there for yourself; you're there for your offspring and everyone else around you.

Conrad Anker

LifeParentingYourselfPeopleYou

When you are suddenly standing in front of a bunch of journalists being asked what it's like being a British Olympic legend, it's a bit much to take in.

Bradley Wiggins

LegendYouStandingTakeBritish

When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.

Willie Nelson

MindCoolThinkSomeoneWayMatter

When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.

Pele

StupidYouYoungThingsLot

I think there's a lot projected on beautiful women, period. At least, maybe this is just my fear, but I do sometimes feel dismissed before I've even been allowed to participate. I have moments of feeling really wounded. But I am pretty optimistic, and I do enjoy a lot of my life.

Shalom Harlow

LifeFearWomenBeautifulI AmFeel

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