Richard Russo Quotes

I was pretty dead set against ever writing an academic novel. It's always been my view that there are already more than enough academic novels and that most of them aren't any good. Most of them are self-conscious and bitter, the work of people who want to settle grudges.

Richard Russo

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I'm an all or nothing kind of girl. When I give my heart, I give myself totally.

Jiah Khan

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I have gone out with younger men, and they're great fun; they've got enthusiasm. Stamina! But I think older men are much better lovers.

Jerry Hall

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Losing my sight had nothing to do with my focus on music. My passion for music was already there, so it would be a mistake to give too much significance to my blindness.

Andrea Bocelli

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If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good.

John Malkovich

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I first started doing theatre, as my sister did it, so I wanted to do the same.

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I've been on 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,' and I know it does wonders for your career.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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I was the youngest producer of a national television show when I was twenty-five. I took it to 182 markets. Tremendous success.

Roger Ailes

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Kids in college often look for mentors and role models to model their careers after, and women don't have the equivalent of a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. I think it's a self-perpetuating loop.

Ruchi Sanghvi

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It's a quality you need to be a world champion; you have to have that killer instinct.

Joseph Parker

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Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record.

Donovan

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Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.

Chris Hardwick

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I remember I'd come home from fifth, sixth grade, and I'd watch 'Saved by the Bell' and be like, 'I hope my high school experience is like that.' And it totally wasn't. It sucked.

Cory Monteith

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