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Kent Haruf Quotes

I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I wrote the day before.

Kent Haruf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 24, 1943 - November 30, 2014

Topics

Day Journal Write First Something

I follow cool. When I went up to see Steve Jobs, I said, 'The party's at this guy's house.'

Jimmy Iovine

Cool House Party Said Follow See

When I started as an actor, I kind of started with a couple features. I've been waiting for the opening.

Max Martini

Waiting Kind Actor Opening Started

I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.

Robert Pinsky

I Am People Play Admire Way Trade

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.

Maurice Sendak

Death Parents Thought You Kid Tell

I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.

Anna Kendrick

Age Job First Hard Two Years

Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.

Angela Merkel

World Important Prosperity Europe

If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll.

Steven Adler

Police Rock And Roll Reunion Rock

I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially vicious situations quickly. It gets things in perspective and helps everyone to see that things aren't as bad as they seem.

Ronnie Wood

Nature Perspective Help Bad Find

I'd like to get a chance to wear two different hats in the business. I also think it would be really great to do an adaptation of a great novel.

Matt Bomer

Business Great Chance Think Hats

I think personality correction is necessary for successful men, like prime ministers, businessmen, politicians... it's essential that one should keep an eye on one's own personality. You must have seen people in politics who become chief ministers and then pass into oblivion - how egotistical they became and how pathetic they look.

Dilip Kumar

Personality Men Politics People Eye

In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

Dimitar Sasselov

Change Science Rare Our Lifetimes

Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.

Derek Bok

Year University Professors Half Than