Richard Russo Quotes

I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.

Richard Russo

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LifeBookThinkWantTrySame

Many of the birds Audubon painted are now extinct, and still we go on killing them, more or less casually, with our pesticides and wires and machinery.

John Burnside

BirdsGoNowMoreStillPesticides

Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose.

Jennifer Aniston

GamblingYouLoseNeverOhReally

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

Robert Orben

WorkBusinessDayPeopleLookGo

I love the challenge of taking these really complicated subjects and trying to humanise them.

Matthew Heineman

LoveChallengeTryingComplicated

It would be just as pointless to oppose the international use of English today as it would have been to oppose the worldwide use of French in the 18th century.

Maurice Allais

TodayPointlessEnglishBeenJust

I never decided to start singing, to be a singer.

Stephen Malkmus

SingingStartNeverSingerDecided

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to 'fix the rigged system.' By 'fix,' he apparently meant rigging it to permanently benefit billionaires like himself.

Tom Steyer

Donald TrumpFixSystemCandidateHe

I expect greatness out of myself.

Robbie Lawler

MyselfGreatnessOutExpect

There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick reads... and the pictures were so vivid.

Robbie Robertson

New YorkEasyYouPicturesNewBuy

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

Roscoe Mitchell

HomePracticeMeBackWantKind

I firmly believe the way forward for our nation is to have a robust democracy.

Mohit Chauhan

DemocracyBelieveForwardWayNation

Reese Witherspoon. She's sophisticated enough that you just like her. You like her and she's smart.

Don Bluth

SmartEnoughYouSheHerJust

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