Gunter Grass Quotes

For me, writing, drawing, and political activism are three separate pursuits; each has its own intensity. I happen to be especially attuned to and engaged with the society in which I live. Both my writing and my drawing are invariably mixed up with politics, whether I want them to be or not.

Gunter Grass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: October 16, 1927 - April 13, 2015

Topics

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You add one million citizens to the voting rolls in this state, that's a significant, significant difference. You do that nationwide, it's a significant difference.

Andrew Cuomo

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Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give.

Melody Beattie

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My daughter is a fantastic travelling companion - she's totally organised, whereas I'm hopeless.

Meg Rosoff

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Kids should feel afraid of 'Doctor Who.' All the adults I've talked to remember fondly being afraid when they were kids. That's part of the reason they remember it and love it. And if you're afraid in a controlled way, you sort of appreciate fear in some respect.

Matt Smith

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I ran for Congress not because I was having a mid-life crisis. I left the private sector because I saw a looming financial crisis that was coming to this country. It's unsustainable.

Steve Daines

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I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of my weaknesses.

Topher Grace

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I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore.

Tom Perrotta

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As a writer, I can't be a heroic sword fighter like General Dumas, but I can rescue someone who's been taken out of history by using my writing to bring them back.

Tom Reiss

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John Kasich is the most popular elected official in Ohio because he got things done.

Rob Portman

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Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves.

Robert Anton Wilson

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It can only be true love when you enable your other half to be better, to be the person they're destined to be.

Michelle Yeoh

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But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.

Joseph Rotblat

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