Chaim Potok Quotes

A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.

Chaim Potok

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002

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Working in a prison, is, to my mind, similar in ways to working in a coal mine. It's going to scare away a lot of people.

Jennifer Haigh

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It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.

John Osborne

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I always play women I would date.

Angelina Jolie

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The early firings contained many stones.

Andy Goldsworthy

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I just try to make the plays when they throw them to me.

Stefon Diggs

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In the last couple of years, fashion's gotten a lot safer. People are really pulling back.

Steven Cojocaru

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Guys like me are job creators, and we don't like having a bulls-eye painted on our back.

Steve Wynn

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Before I started on 'Borgen', people introduced me to some great American box-sets to convince me that TV could be good. I now watch them all the time. Amy Poehler is very funny in 'Parks and Recreation' and 'In Treatment,' with Gabriel Byrne, is also really good.

Sidse Babett Knudsen

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I was always a simple guy. I was never one for extravagances.

Ronaldo

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Culture is more important than rules and regulations.

Ruth Porat

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People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.

Mary Quant

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I'm a quarter Indian; my grandfather's originally from New Delhi.

Daya

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