God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.
Richard Flanagan
Recitation: by Male by Female
As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.
John Gourley
GoodCriticismOpinionsLike
Like the graduates of some notorious boot camp, my brothers and sisters and I look back with a sort of perverse glee at the rigors of our Catholicism. My oldest sister, Mary, was so convinced of the church's omnipotence that when she walked into a Protestant church with some high-school friends, she was sure its walls would crash down on her head.
Stephen J. Dubner
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Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
Robert Browning
BestMeGrowOld
I hope the best for anybody in this business. It's hard enough as it is, and of course you don't get much respect from anybody, but when you do, you should appreciate it.
Robin Zander
BusinessHopeRespectBestEnough
The growing attention Americans are paying to what they put into their mouths has touched off a new scramble by the processed-food companies to address health concerns.
Michael Moss
HealthAttentionNewGrowingOff
I played at being someone else in movies and live theater, and at being myself in life's most intense, fascinating game - the game of love.
Monica Vitti
LifeLoveLiveMyselfGameSomeone
I'm saying that you can create success for yourself but also understand that you have a responsibility to others.
Jonathan Tisch
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Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.
Dolly Parton
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I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasn't until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dad's album after he died, then it was like 'That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band.'
Dhani Harrison
LifeMusicMy LifePlayDoneKind
You can never become rich unless you like rich people.
Douglas Coupland
PeopleRichYouBecomeNeverLike
When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
Arlen Specter
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Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past.
Antony Beevor
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