Charlie Pierce Quotes

Nobody loves the Boston Marathon as much as the people who make fun of it year after year. This was the race that previously offered as a prize a not particularly expensive medal, a laurel wreath, and a bowl of beef stew. This was the race that, on one memorable occasion, nobody knew who actually won.

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I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.

Jimmy Breslin

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In my view, targeted lethal force is at its least controversial when it is on its strongest, most traditional legal foundation. The essential mission of the U.S. military is to capture or kill an enemy. Armies have been doing this for thousands of years. As part of a congressionally authorized armed conflict, the foundation is even stronger.

Jeh Johnson

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But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me to talk to.

Robert Rauschenberg

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There are two worldviews in thriller writing: the paranoid view, like Chuck Logan's, that everything is inside a large clockwork. I like those books; they're intricate and thought out, but my view is that everything is chaotic and stupid. Chaos reigns, and civilized people do what they can to hold it back.

John Sandford

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Horror does better when it's bubbling under. It's a niche. It doesn't like the limelight.

Robert Englund

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A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.

Mickey Gilley

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I feel blessed that I was gifted.

Derek Walcott

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I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.

Christie Hefner

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I'm a strong supporter of states' rights to do what they need.

Brian Sandoval

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Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.

Alice Munro

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I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.

Shania Twain

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If you want to avoid criticism, then you shouldn't be a historian, because historians are trying to understand and explain. If you're trying to please people, then you should go into the fashion business, or the candy business.

Timothy D. Snyder

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