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Chaim Potok Quotes

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.

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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Me Writing Discovery Exploration Go

But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to bear all these false reports going about the country - to see my friends alienated and being made to believe things that were absolutely false.

John Harvey Kellogg

Work Hard Work Believe Anxiety Worry

In 2004, I was on the West End stage in The Woman In White, and for every show I had to climb into a fat suit to play the obese Count Fosco. It was hard work, and unbearably hot, but I sailed through because I'd always kept myself fit.

Michael Crawford

Work Hard Work Myself Woman Climb

You don't want to overthink; you want to just stick with what you've been given.

Amanda Warren

You Want Stick Been Just Given

I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour.

Stephanie Rice

People Swimming Think Understand

What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.

Trey Parker

Looking Connections Weird Always

I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.

Rob Brydon

Positive Focus Think You Dark Want

We've seen it again and again. From civil rights to women's rights to marriage rights, this country has reinvented itself in the quest to make real the transcendent values that Lincoln proclaimed in his historic address - that all men are created equal in a nation conceived in liberty.

Mike Quigley

Marriage Women Men Values Liberty

A defining moment takes a long time to get over, if you ever do.

Mick Jones

Time Moment Long You Long Time Over

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.

Doug Larson

Humor Yourself Thought You Pun Form

If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why.

Corrine Brown

People American Feel Priorities Why

Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us.

Sheri L. Dew

Nature Father Women Children Unique

A small, seemingly inconsequential event can determine a life.

Tim O'Brien

Life Small Event Determine Seemingly