Thomas McGuane Quotes

My friends seem to think that an hour and a half effort a day is all they need to bring to the altar to make things work for them. I couldn't do that. I thought that if you didn't work at least as hard as the guy who runs a gas station, then you had no right to hope for achievement. You certainly had to work all day, every day.

Thomas McGuane

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1939

Topics

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It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.

Andrea Hirata

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I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.

Anna Chancellor

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I keep lip gloss everywhere. It always makes me feel like I am slightly put together.

Angela Kinsey

TogetherI AmMeFeelAlwaysKeep

I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.

Robin Day

ThinkDesignEndureNeedTwice

As soon as someone like me or David Lynch pops up everyone says hallelujah, how weird.

Robyn Hitchcock

MeWeirdSomeoneEveryoneUpSoon

When people saw that the film was called 'White People,' many got very defensive. I've been getting some very interesting emails - and I'm used to hate mail, believe me. I think this idea that we grouped white people together is offensive to people.

Jose Antonio Vargas

HateTogetherPeopleMeBelieve

The idea of telling the story of the Armenian genocide - or, really, any other genocide - and repeating those stories is really important. I also think it's important to always be exposing the warning signs for what was leading up to it. Those tend to always be the same.

Chris Cornell

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'Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.

Christian Marclay

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Any time I find medicine that's helpful, I share it with everyone I know.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

TimeMedicineFindKnowEveryone

Labels don't really impress, it's the uniqueness and risk in decor that inspire.

Bryan Batt

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I am older than everyone I ever knew. All my dogs are dead. Half a dozen cats, parakeets... all gone.

Arthur Miller

CatsI AmDeadDogsEveryoneGone

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Alistair Cooke

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