Per Petterson Quotes

In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this.

Per Petterson

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AloneBeing AloneYouTragedyKnow

I could remember thinking when I met him, 'Wow, that's Andy Sanders from Houston. He's really good.' And he tells me he said, 'Wow, that's Jimmy Walker. He hits it really far.'

Jimmy Walker

GoodMeThinkingRememberSaidHim

I probably like being isolated more than many people do, but I'm lucky to have the friendship of many fine people, and they keep me from becoming very isolated. The world of my mind is certainly a populated and warm place, too. It's difficult for me to become too isolated with such resources.

Jesse Ball

FriendshipPeopleMindMeWorld

I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho.

John Hawkes

PeopleWeirdSomeoneLos Angeles

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Robert South

HeartGuiltRustConscienceOut

I support both Democrats and Republicans on many issues. I'm more interested in where they are on technology.

John T. Chambers

TechnologySupportMoreDemocrats

I try to just focus on what feels right to me when I am conceiving it, conceptualizing, designing, etc. and then talk it through with the team and listen to what they have to say. This kind of thing is a team effort, and working with a great team is the most important part of filmmaking for me.

Miguel Sapochnik

GreatFocusI AmEffortMeTeam

All the world loves a young emerging artist, and sometimes it seems that all the world wants to be one - on a bad, gloomy planet, to be colourful and creative seems so promising.

Michael Leunig

CreativeWorldArtistBadYoung

I laughed at Willie Nelson, wondering why he spends all his life on that tour bus. And I look at myself, and I'm sitting in airplanes half the time.

Del Shannon

LifeTimeMyselfLookSittingWhy

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.

Chuck Schumer

PeopleValuesPoorNeedPayBills

I'm super excited to be collaborating with JCPenney to create my first-ever capsule collection for that plus-size woman who needs that confidence and wants to be fabulous every day.

Ashley Nell Tipton

ConfidenceDayWomanEvery DayWho

It's a very short walk to go from making jokes to getting on a soapbox and going on a diatribe.

Wyatt Cenac

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Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

William Shakespeare

LawMakeWillsLawless

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