Ayelet Waldman Quotes

I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama's boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her task. It will take a crowbar, two bulldozers and half a dozen Molotov cocktails to pry my Oedipus and me loose from one another.

Ayelet Waldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: December 11, 1964

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Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

Jim Rogers

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I just love good movies. And not every movie you're going to end up in is always going to turn out right, but at least walk into it with the right intention.

Joel Edgerton

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Businesses must invest in products and people in order to create new wealth.

John Hoeven

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America's revolutionary deists saw themselves as - and they were - participants in an international movement that drew on most of the same literary sources across the civilized world.

Matthew Stewart

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I think life is precious from beginning to end.

Jeb Bush

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A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

Michael Bergin

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Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.

Amitabh Bachchan

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As soon as love became the driving force behind marriage, people began to demand the right to remain single if they had not found love or to divorce if they fell out of love.

Stephanie Coontz

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St. Lucia in South Africa is this exotic place where you might go on vacation, and it evokes this nostalgic, hazy vibe.

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If children know there is someone standing over them who knows all the answers, they are less inclined to find the answers for themselves.

Sugata Mitra

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The Republicans want to turn Medicare into a voucher plan that will end guaranteed coverage of medical bills for the elderly.

Juan Williams

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When I lost my dad, there was no one there to be the disciplinarian, and we kind of ran amok.

Jason Day

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