Richard Russo Quotes

My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired.

Richard Russo

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Can't blame men for wanting him. And wouldn't be surprised if Dad even mildly flirted back. Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong.

Jennifer Grant

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Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!

John Muir

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If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you're already hamstrung because you don't have any freedom.

Andy Richter

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I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs.

Stephen Collins

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I had seen cancer at a more cellular level as a researcher. The first time I entered the cancer ward, my first instinct was to withdraw from what was going on - the complexity, the death. It was a very bleak time.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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I personally feel like an exorcism movie without God is like a western without hats. Sure, you can do it, but why would you try?

Ron Livingston

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I feel like every time you think you really understand how deep the seductive power of evil is, it always proves to be one step deeper than you thought possible.

Clark Gregg

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It is the duty of the law-giver to deliver to the many the instructions of whose truth he has persuaded himself.

Apollonius of Tyana

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It just comes down to taste at the end of the day, and that's something you can't really analyze. Yeah, I think to have it all there is basically best, regardless of whether there's hiss there as well.

Sean Booth

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I'm a fighting man, a fighting man with generations of fighting men before me in my family. That's all we do: we fight.

Tyson Fury

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Connecting with people, getting things done - that's what makes the travel worthwhile.

Tim Finchem

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After 'Mosaic,' I think a lot of people didn't know what my next record was going to be. And that's what I love. I just love doing music because I'm not going to follow the patterns and formulas of Music Row.

Ricky Skaggs

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