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Charlie Pierce Quotes

'We, The People' is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 28, 1953

Topics

Purpose People More Obligation Than

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

Respect Great Generation Differences

We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience.

Joy People Dark Done Movies See

I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And she didn't meet my husband. That's one of the hardest things. I don't even know how to put that into words.

Stella McCartney

Mother Sad Words Husband Know Meet

I'm a writer and director, and the movie I've seen a million times is 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling.

Memories Director Seen Million Movie

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

Myself Surprise Dead Up Somewhere

I hope it's enabling me to deal with another human being who's more important to me than I am.

Hope I Am Me Important More Human

If you can start and finish a book, then you're already a million miles ahead of all those people who talk about wanting to write a book.

People Start Book You Ahead Talk

I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.

Psychology Poker Like Blackjack

You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal.

Jonathan Anderson

History Fashion Think Brand You

You're out there on an island. It's just you and the best receiver, man-to-man, in one-on-one coverage a lot of the time. And you don't really get any help. If you get beat, everyone can see. If you get scored on, everyone knows. That's the difficulty of playing corner.

Chris Harris, Jr.

Time Best Help You Island See

I was becoming post-ideological.

Christopher Hitchens

I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with it. I would make completely different choices, do things I wouldn't have normally, because I had to fill this narrative shape.

Change Relationship Travel Writing

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