Richard Russo Quotes

I suppose all writers worry about the well running dry.

Richard Russo

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It's fair to say that white America wouldn't have elected an African-American president without the integrating effect of black music - from Louis Armstrong to hip-hop - and black drama and fiction, commercial as much as 'serious.'

Joe Haldeman

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Society, in general, has taught for many generations that when you reach a certain age, you have to learn to stop playing.

Matthew Mercer

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Don't shift because fashion has shifted. Don't move from the original ethic you had, the original reasons. They're part and parcel of you.

Roy Harper

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You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.

Rush Limbaugh

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I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her.

Miriam Margolyes

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I'm a part of the no-tight-jeans coalition.

Ludacris

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Every society in every period does or doesn't talk about certain topics. We don't discuss money much; it's almost certain that most people don't know how much their colleagues earn. The Victorians, in contrast, were very happy to discuss money. They weren't, however, happy to discuss sex.

Judith Flanders

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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

Jean de la Bruyere

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He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.

Jose Rizal

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Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He's the 'wildcat' who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it's Ronnie Brown, it's Jerious Norwood, it's whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.

Jon Gruden

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'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.

Deborah Tannen

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The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated.

Clint Eastwood

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