Thomas McGuane Quotes

I think when I first started out, I had a kind of an exuberance about language, comedy, narrative leaps that... stopped just short of non sequiturs. And I'm much more cautious now.

Thomas McGuane

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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If it was up to me, every show would start at midnight, and I'd give people the best of me.

Jeremih

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After 'Don't Play Us Cheap,' I got very busy with theater and Wall Street.

Melvin Van Peebles

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Changing the game is a mindset.

Robert Rodriguez

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In fact, I argue that the future of advertising, whatever the technology, will be to associate each brand with one word. This is one word equity. It's the modern equivalent of having the best site on the high street, except the location is in the mind.

Maurice Saatchi

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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Simone Weil

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You're never going to be able to delve into the character traits of a Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton.

Robin Wright

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I have relationships. I date. But it takes a lot to say I'm going to be married and have children.

Loni Love

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Even now that I'm married and 28, my room's still intact the way it was when I went to high school.

Jordana Brewster

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I think the strength of the Catholic church is that when it does finally identify a problem, it works to resolve it.

Donald Wuerl

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American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work; obviously, in the case of 'The Office,' it did. But a lot of times, it doesn't really work.

Chris Hardwick

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The Pygmies rely on the forest for their very life. They know everything about finding and using plants, animal behavior, and forest survival. Working with these wonderful people has been incredibly valuable.

Corneille Ewango

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Samuel Eto'o I know well. We see each other often; we send each other messages, and we call each other. It's good.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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