Thomas Mallon Quotes

One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of civil society, I will write an essay. The responsibilities you feel as a novelist are literary ones, I think, not civic ones. And I think politicians are interesting to write about.

Thomas Mallon

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I really love 'Dexter.' I'd like to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' or 'Breaking Bad.'

Melinda McGraw

LoveEnthusiasmBadLikeYourCurb

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

John Mayall

ThoughtProfessionalNeverBecoming

Instead of worrying about who's American and who's not, here's a better idea: Create incentives for any global company to do what we'd like it to do in the United States.

Robert Reich

BetterAmericanCreateCompanyHere

People struggle with moments of deep dread about life and moments of surety. Often within the course of the same day. Life is a roller coaster, especially if you take risks.

Ann Nocenti

LifeDayStruggleRisksPeopleDeep

I have a certain memory of the way in which my father loved me until I was 10, and it was unconditional and eternal. I get to carry that for the rest of my life, but on a practical level after age 10, it's just me sort of figuring it out.

Sterling K. Brown

LifeFatherAgeMemoryMeRest

I do tend to be a leader in situations in my own life.

Sonequa Martin-Green

LifeLeaderMy OwnOwnSituations

As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions.

Stanislav Grof

ResearchEnergyLongEasyProject

By the end of my first year at the Dogs, we'd won the competition, and I'd played some pretty good footy.

Sonny Bill Williams

GoodCompetitionEndYearFirstWon

I had been doing MP3 players and handheld computers since 1990-1991, and so they sought me out because of my experience. And about 18 generations of iPod and three generations of iPhone later, I decided to leave Apple.

Tony Fadell

ExperienceMeComputersDoingApple

It's no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes.

Robert Duvall

Little ThingsYouSometimesOutBig

I've seen racism in my audiences. For example, I've seen people laugh at every other group, but then clam up when it comes to their community. You can't laugh at everyone else and then not laugh at yourself. You shouldn't be at my show if you can't laugh at yourself.

Russell Peters

CommunityRacismYourselfPeopleYou

I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.

Mike Trout

MusicCountryListenBigGuyGet

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