Marilynne Robinson Quotes

My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by the first editor who read it. In general, my experience with publication has been gentle and gratifying.

Marilynne Robinson

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I, of course, wanted to do something with Drew Barrymore. Please. So we were reading scripts back and forth and then we found this script, Fever Pitch.

Jimmy Fallon

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With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism.

John Doolittle

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I've made mistakes in business, but none so big I couldn't recover and learn from them. The more you try to change consumer behaviour, the riskier it gets. You have to work out your potential losses against the obvious gains.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

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I'm quite strong for a girl. I studied karate growing up - I'm a brown belt - and me and my sister used to beat the crap out of each other.

Suki Waterhouse

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I'm a fan myself and I'm frustrated just as much as them when we get beat.

Steven Gerrard

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I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange - so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that - someone who's kind of normal just doesn't feel as true.

Missi Pyle

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My wife is cool enough to let me write about personal things, to be a songwriter exploring the shadowy sides of love.

Dierks Bentley

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We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.

Christopher Nolan

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I used to see my friend Harland Williams in a lot of auditions. Then you'd see one of the DeLuise kids because they're kind of heavy and character-y. You'd just see a lot of the same guys over the years.

Brian Posehn

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In the ultimate analysis, all of us would have served Pakistan better if history and our future generations judge us positively.

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

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Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.

Richard Russo

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I think the science around mental illness is always evolving. There's always new kinds of thinking.

Marti Noxon

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