Marilynne Robinson Quotes

The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like saying poetry is the opposite of truth.

Marilynne Robinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

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TruthKnowledgePoetrySayingMyth

We believe in working hard and having fun at the same time. It's a way of life for me, and I feel tremendous.

Robert Stigwood

LifeTimeFunMeHaving FunBelieve

We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free press, and then they can come out with crap like that. It's just garbage. It's insulting to the readers.

Robert Scheer

MoneyPeopleFreeMediaHideTalk

The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year.

Amanda Hale

TimeSchoolTheatreYearDramaMum

I kind of figured if I couldn't get a job as a dwarf, looking as I do, I should just give up acting.

Stephen Hunter

JobLookingActingKindUpGet

I'm not a big guy anyway. I'm only, what, 150 pounds? I was 190 for 'Batman,' 179 for 'Warrior.' Films make you look big.

Tom Hardy

WarriorYouLookBigGuyBatman

The Senate is an unknowing world.

Robert Caro

WorldSenate

I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position.

Joy Behar

I AmMemoryAmericanCitizenExpert

I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.

Jason Bateman

FruitSmallNameYearThreeAbove

I finished 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' in 2012, and I'm living in my agent's guest bedroom in Los Angeles because you don't make a ton of money writing an animated film. The movie makes a billion dollars, and you make 'twelve cents.'

Jason Fuchs

AgeMoneyWritingIceYouLiving

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.

Jonathan Swift

FaceGlassSatireOwnDiscoverSort

Mitt Romney talks a lot about all the things he's fixed. I can tell you that Massachusetts wasn't one of them. He's a fine fellow and a great salesman, but as governor he was more interested in having the job than doing it.

Deval Patrick

GreatJobDoingYouI CanMore

Sometimes what is 'real' because it takes place in the physical world, like 9/11, is so unreal on the level of the soul. Then other things, which in terms of the physical world seem so magical and unbelievable, on the level of the soul seem very real.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

SoulWorldPlaceSometimesReal

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