Lev Grossman Quotes

It seems to me that the novel as a medium has a very low signal-to-noise ratio. By which I mean: there are a lot of novels published, but the vast majority of them don't represent major contributions to the medium.

Lev Grossman

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That is the returning to God which in reality is never concluded on earth but yet leaves behind in the soul a divine home sickness, which never again ceases.

Max Muller

HomeGodSoulSicknessReality

Readers can read what they want and easily switch to other books, so we're seeing a lot of reading behaviors. Some verticals attract different usage than others. We can spot reading patterns.

Trip Adler

ReadingSeeingWantOthersPatterns

I don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the Stones forever, even right from the beginning.

Mick Taylor

BeginningKnowWhyNeverRightStay

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.

Michael Showalter

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Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.

Mitt Romney

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I was born in a small town. My parents, my father was a teacher. My mother was a housewife.

Milos Forman

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I love how Hollywood still wants to perpetuate the myth that beaches in Southern California are warm at night.

Chris Carmack

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It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress.

Christine Baranski

DoingYouTelevisionDownStepping

If I were to do some outlandish role, I always made sure I'd be on Johnny Carson to show that I wasn't that person that I played. I'd be myself. And so people got to know me, I think, and I think they know that I'm honest and truthful and real.

Cloris Leachman

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I never came out to the Hamptons when I was younger - it was always a fancy and exotic place.

Colin Jost

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I float from one project to another project, so you miss people and you don't see them for years.

Ciaran Hinds

PeopleYouProjectYearsSeeFloat

I've always been a water baby.

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

WaterBabyAlwaysBeen

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