Marilynne Robinson Quotes

My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think.

Marilynne Robinson

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LoveGreatThinkWayOthersHeroes

Perhaps the most satisfying thing occurred when Michael Jordan became a team owner and said to me, 'I owe you a lot of apologies. It's a lot harder to run a team than I thought.'

Jerry Reinsdorf

MeTeamThoughtYouSaidRun

Protecting our planet is a moral imperative.

Johan Rockstrom

MoralPlanetOurProtecting

Why do men outperform women on the SAT? The SAT's supposed to predict college grades. Women do better in high school and they do better in college. What's the problem here? Ah, the more you use, the more you start accepting that the SAT's coachable, the more problems you have with it.

John Katzman

WomenMenSchoolCollegeStartYou

One of the key things that we did at Bank of North Dakota that I worked to try to do with our state economic development is make sure we are customer-service oriented.

John Hoeven

KeyDevelopmentTryBankThingsOur

I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL until I was on. I've always just liked it, and I've always watched it and been into it.

Andy Samberg

PeopleRealizeAlwaysBeenJustHow

I'm an optimist about NAFTA merely being updated.

Anand Mahindra

OptimistBeingNAFTAAboutUpdated

Even though I don't believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label.

Amber Heard

GodFightBelieveFeelAtheistEven

The only thing I've got is that the ring fingers on both my hands have a little arthritis in each. It's a worn out joint because of too much exertion and stress. But it doesn't affect my playing, which is good.

Roger Taylor

GoodStressHandsToo MuchRingOut

You don't fully appreciate your band until you're away from them.

Rob Halford

AppreciateYouBandAwayYourUntil

We dominated Survivor - there is no way we would not dominate that, too. I can see it already, us making deals with people. That's the best part, and with the Race, it would be even more fun because I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve.

Rob Mariano

BestFunPeopleI CanWaySurvivor

I've been watching 'Luther' since the beginning. My family adore it, too, so it was like a passion project for me.

Rose Leslie

FamilyPassionBeginningMeWatching

I usually played out and out heavies. No one else 'saw' me in any other role. No one else had ever believed I could be anything but a heavy. It was a heavy in a picture with Clara Kimball Young that June Mathis saw me and decided to cast me as Julio. 'There is the man for Julio,' she said, 'He, and no one other.'

Rudolph Valentino

ManMePictureSaidYoungShe

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