Jan Vogler Quotes

I sometimes joke - but the joke is not so wrong - that after my time in East Germany, I could either afford therapy to work through what happened under the Communists or move to New York.

Jan Vogler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: February 18, 1964

Topics

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I was the original voice of Mattel's Barbie for an '80s claymation workout video.

Jodi Benson

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A mad person isn't someone who sees what isn't there; he's someone who sees what is there but that others can't see. I really believe that.

John Burnside

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I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

Andrea Bocelli

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Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

John Keats

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As a black woman, I feel like I have a unique experience that we don't often see in media portrayals of the South.

Angie Thomas

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Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

Roger Bacon

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I don't really say too much to my parents. If they ask me to do something I just do it and get it out of the way.

RJ Mitte

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I grew up in Malaysia, and Bollywood is really big there. As a result, I've grown up watching a lot of Hindi movies.

Michelle Yeoh

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I actually sat down and started three Alexanders at the same time. Two of them went in the trash and got stomped on because I hated the idea so much. And the one I came up with, I got very excited by. And that's 'Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever'.

Judith Viorst

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I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out.

Josh Brolin

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If I had to summarize, most broadly, my concerns as a writer, I'd say the question 'How then must we live?' is at the heart of it, for me.

Claire Messud

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Toronto deserves Rob Ford; they put him in office. Toronto deserves everything it gets.

Bret Hart

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