Sarah Weinman Quotes

I've waited for a novel from Charles Yu with eager anticipation since being bowled over by his 2006 short story collection, 'Third Class Superhero.'

Sarah Weinman

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StoryShortClassAnticipationOver

I originally welcomed the mobile phone, as it seemed to me that it would enable you to work from anywhere. On the mobile, who was to know if you were sitting on the branch of a tree or sitting in an office? But it instead had the opposite effect: instead of freeing us from the office, it allowed the office to take away our freedom.

Tom Hodgkinson

WorkFreedomTreeMeYouPhone

The radio has so many rules, and songs don't. You don't necessarily write to a rule book unless you're, like, just doing it professionally, which has never been my thing.

Tom Petty

BookDoingYouRulesNeverRadio

People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that.

Liz Phair

SpacePeopleGameYouWayHang

I'm sure there are many women in this world who would hate me because all I watch is sports. But I found the one girl who loves watching with me.

Josh Segarra

WomenGirlSportsHateMeWorld

People who read on holiday always have a better time because it's total escapism, both physically and mentally.

Jasmine Guinness

TimePeopleBetterHolidayAlways

I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.

Dominic Cooper

EducationFunChaosHave FunRegret

I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.

Didier Drogba

DestinyBelieveThinkI BelieveLot

Being hot never hurts!

Debbie Harry

NeverHotBeingHurts

Illinois has every reason to succeed. We have the hardest-working people in America, the best infrastructure in America, and the best location of any state.

Bruce Rauner

BestPeopleSucceedAmericaReason

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

Sydney Smith

ManPovertyDisgraceInconvenient

I didn't know I was Jewish until I encountered anti-Semitism at the age of 10, when my best friend told me I couldn't come to their house because I was a Jew.

Peter Eisenman

FriendAgeBestMeBest FriendKnow

The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.

Ridley Scott

TimeMeBetterMoviesWriteTwo

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