Gillian Flynn Quotes

A theme that has always interested me is how women express anger, how women express violence. That is very much part of who women are, and it's so unaddressed. A vast amount of literature deals with cycles of violence about men, antiheroes. Women lack that vocabulary.

Gillian Flynn

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Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.

John Gregory Dunne

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There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

Angelina Jolie

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What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.

Andy Stanley

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When you think mid-seventies, you think of Studio 54, but there was a whole other thing going on. Where I was, it was more deep-woods preppy. Real-guy preppy.

Michael Bastian

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An older guy, he's going to show you things that a young man can't show you. He's going to show you how to stay alive. He's going to show you how to turn corners where your young friends will show you how to turn right into that wall, you know what I'm saying?

Snoop Dogg

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I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

Sidney Hook

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I went to 13 schools in 12 years. We moved all over the place. Music was the only thing that I could get behind... I wasn't that good at socializing. I'm still not.

Ronnie Dunn

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By New Year's Eve, we're so done going out we usually just light a fire, play one last card game, and watch the ball drop in our jammies.

Mary Page Keller

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I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.

Mike Tyson

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My party has historically nominated someone who's a mainstream conservative.

Mitt Romney

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When I was first approached about doing an autobiography, I said, 'absolutely not.' But when I sat down, memories came pouring out. It wrote very quickly - I think there was an emotional impulse, because once I started in, the story itself carried me along. It was a very intense writing period and took a year and change to finish.

Julia Cameron

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I want that fifth championship. If that does not present itself, then I'm closer to retirement.

Juan Manuel Marquez

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