Lev Grossman Quotes

The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind it, is part of the seduction, just as it is part of the seduction of books in general.

Lev Grossman

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HouseCountryAlwaysPermanentJust

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

Joe Biden

TimeSmartLookingJustJust Be

By background I'm both a Quaker and a Yorkshireman, which I like to call double jeopardy.

Jeremy Grantham

DoubleCallBackgroundLikeJeopardy

From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance.

Andrea Hirata

ChildrenBuildingSpeedI CanRight

In the '80s, 'Dreamgirls' was our 'Hamilton.' It was cutting-edge, and it was what made me want to do theater.

Angela Robinson

MeWantMadeOurTheaterHamilton

Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.

Amy Pascal

WorkYouWantWillEverythingOut

One of the effects of cheap food is, we have food that is so unsatisfactory. We need to go back to flavor.

Ruth Reichl

FoodBackGoCheapNeedFlavor

You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.

Martina Navratilova

LivePastYouNothingIn The Past

The artist knows how to sing, not how to count.

Juan Gabriel

ArtistCountSingKnowsHow

I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.

Judith Jamison

BelieveSayI BelievePrepareGoing

Everyone knows I'm married; I just don't discuss it. Because it's a part of my life that I'd rather keep private... When your whole life is played out in front of everybody, for your sanity, you need parts that are just yours.

Jay-Z

LifeMy LifeYouNeedEveryoneOut

'Super Troopers' benefited from the old way of watching films, the way we watched at Colgate, when you went to someone's house, looked at their DVD collection, and then just picked one.

Jay Chandrasekhar

SomeoneYouHouseWayOldWatching

School bored me. Being educated and being intelligent are two different things. I thought I was smart enough. And I wanted to be an entertainer. I stopped going to school as a way of saying I was mature, a way of saying I was going to choose who I was going to become.

Djimon Hounsou

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