David Guterson Quotes

The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.

David Guterson

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WorkYourselfYouThreeReactReal

I've played good guys for most of my career, and when I came out to California, I thought, 'I really would like to find some wonderfully intelligent bad guy to play.'

Joe Morton

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Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.

Jodi Kantor

MarriageAloneNeighborDifficult

Food is really and truly the most effective medicine.

Joel Fuhrman

FoodMedicineMostEffectiveReally

I believe that for all of us, there was this one moment in our early life when we started being obsessed about music, somehow feeling how 'big' it is and is what it can give us. For me, this was when I got to be as a 9-year-old on stage, performing in Verdi's Otello in the children's choir.

Ruth Reinhardt

LifeMusicChildrenMomentMeEarly

Raising the traditional and early retirement ages will mean extending workers' taxable earning years, fueling economic growth and putting a dent in our unfunded-liabilities crisis by delaying payouts.

Michelle Malkin

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It is not uncommon for angels to take corporeal form, to appear before us on earth as people with names and credentials.

Michael Paterniti

PeopleEarthAngelsNamesTakeUs

I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His incandescent performance in David Lean's 'Lawrence of Arabia' is one that nobody who saw it will ever forget.

Michael Korda

SuccessPerformanceNobodyForget

After having your first child, it's a massive shock to the system. I work in an industry where people judge you and the way you look, and you always want to put your best foot forward when you can.

Louise Nurding

WorkBestChildPeopleForwardLook

I'll read anything Anne Carson writes, anything J. M. Coetzee writes, and anything Cormac McCarthy writes. I'll drop whatever I'm doing to read a new Mary Ruefle essay.

Anthony Doerr

DoingNewWhateverAnythingEssay

2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox won the World Series!

Thomas Menino

GreatRedWorldPoliticalYear

If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.

Norman Schwarzkopf

IntentionCountryDoneTakeDestroy

I absolutely adore working in the realms of fantasy.

Richard O'Brien

FantasyWorkingAbsolutelyAdore

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