Marilynne Robinson Quotes

I read things like theology, and I read about science, 'Scientific American' and publications like that, because they stimulate again and again my sense of the almost arbitrary given-ness of experience, the fact that nothing can be taken for granted.

Marilynne Robinson

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Collaboration to me is... my favorite collaboration in the theatre is the collaboration between the actors and the audience because it's just that thing that happens when the only thing left that is left on the human scale is that human beings come to look at other human beings act out stories.

John Benjamin Hickey

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My favorite anime movie is 'Fist of the North Star'.

John Cena

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I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

John Scofield

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Albuquerque is my home. I want my kids and all of our children to be able to go to any public or charter school and receive an excellent education.

Steven Michael Quezada

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I didn't really enjoy reading until I married my wife and we began reading the Bible out loud to each other every day. I enjoy reading now, and there is a whole world of books out there to explore.

Roger McGuinn

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The reason why I've been keeping private for the longest time ever here, I've always wanted to protect my wife's privacy. I don't like - I didn't want to put her picture all over the news. I just wanted to keep her private.

Michael Schiavo

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A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something cool, but I was stunned.

Jason Biggs

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We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

Jarvis Cocker

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My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights.

Bruce Springsteen

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I think it would be better if nobody owned anything, but they didn't starve. Had enough paint and enough pianos and everything else.

Arthur Boyd

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I'm always kind of surprised how much I'm associated with country music.

Tift Merritt

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I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

Noah Baumbach

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