Thorne Smith Quotes

Quite casually I wander into my plot, poke around with my characters for a while, then amble off, leaving no moral proved and no reader improved.

Thorne Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 27, 1892 - June 21, 1934

Topics

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The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we're redefining it now.

Rita Dove

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Thank God for being a writer, because you do sort of find out what you think by the process of writing.

Robyn Davidson

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If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.

Mary Astell

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I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that's for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn't play golf.

Lou Holtz

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I think it's frightening for all of us to contemplate that there's more to the universe than just us, in whatever form it takes, that there are higher forces at work, and to me, that's always a scary notion.

Jason Blum

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Your basic, well-made novel by Ian McEwan or Jonathan Franzen just bores me silly.

David Shields

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Just stay real and stay a real person.

Brandon Thomas

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In every generation, there's a strong tendency for everyone to think like everyone else.

Bret Stephens

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I'm in a 'I can do whatever' phase. I'm taking this '106 & Park' opportunity into full force. I'm really focused on doing my best with it. This is my 'Fresh Prince' moment. I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest of film, TV, and more.

Bow Wow

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I love my gay fans. Gay people are always usually my best friends in the whole world. I completely adore them.

Britney Spears

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Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.

Antonio Tabucchi

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I think that being perceptive and having interests is nothing but an asset.

Ashley Judd

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