Bill Buford Quotes

What is New York? A straightforward answer: seven million people crushed onto an island originally settled by the Dutch. But it's more than that. These are seven million who were, mainly, not even born here.

Bill Buford

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New YorkPeopleBornNewIsland

'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.

Jerry Jeff Walker

PurposePlaceLostSometimesUnknown

It seems that every generation needs its public, tweedy, literary personality to sell its consumer electronics. To whatever degree I can live up to the Plimptonian legacy, I am humble and proud.

John Hodgman

LiveHumblePersonalityI AmLegacy

My dream is just to make zero-budget movies for the rest of my life, because I love that environment.

Matthew Gray Gubler

LifeLoveRestMy LifeEnvironment

I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.

Jeb Bush

SupportYouFirstAlwaysSystem

The glamorous side is SUVs, but frankly, the tractor side is where we are number one in the world.

Anand Mahindra

WorldSideTractorGlamorousWhere

I'll watch something like 'Paranormal Activity,' 'The Shining,' or 'Rosemary's Baby,' and I love them, but then I watch 'The People Under the Stairs' or 'Candyman,' and they freak me out. It's weird because I don't where the line is. I don't know what that means. I don't know what I should watch and what I shouldn't.

Lucy Davis

LovePeopleMeBabyWeirdStairs

Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.

Jules Verne

PossibleEverythingEnglishHe

In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.

Debbie Allen

TimeRadioShootingScoringLot

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to be put in the double parlor, and I would like all the flowers to be white.

Anne Rice

FlowersHouseWhiteMy OwnOutOwn

Sometimes it's good to say no. Sometimes it's good to not act impulsively.

Phoebe Robinson

GoodSometimesSayAct

People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies.

Peter Maurer

PeopleMindBudgetLivingWillNeed

Cannes is a lot of work, since it's a market festival and a serious festival, and they really work you, understandably.

Todd Haynes

WorkYouSeriousMarketLotReally

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