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Nicholson Baker Quotes

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.

Nicholson Baker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 7, 1957

Topics

Poetry People Want Why Bother Read

Music's always going to evolve, and we can't really stop that, so we have to figure out what's the next thing and how we move towards that as opposed to just being like, 'Oh, cool: let's just continue making tear-out EDM hits that are gonna last 2 months, and then somebody else is making the exact same thing under a different name.'

Music Cool Name Stop Out Evolve

The important information you need at the beginning of an issue. Like way they did the old Frank Miller Daredevil issues in the first five pages he always had to state his origins and how he got his powers.

Beginning You Information Important

I think it is likely that within every department there are some officers who subtly, if not otherwise, are biased in the way they go about enforcing the law. I think that is just life. We know that to be true.

Life Law Think Be True Know True

Last night I dreamt I ate a ten pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone.

Night Pillow Up Gone Woke Last

My preference is 3,000, maybe 5,000-seat venues.

Preference Maybe Venues

I am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen.

Politics I Am Citizen Politician Am

I grew up Catholic, so I feel guilty about everything.

Derek Cianfrance

Feel Guilty Everything Up I Feel

A reader's eyes may glaze over after they take in a couple of paragraphs about Canadian tariffs or political developments in Pakistan; a story about the reader himself or his neighbors will be read to the end.

Donald E. Graham

Eyes Story End Political Will Over

No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks down like high school does. You have your social cliques, you have the people you get along with, the people you don't and the people you're ambivalent about. All of the dynamics are still here.

Life School People High School You

I like doing roles that stretch me.

Me Doing Stretch Like Roles

My dad lived a good life. He was a simple guy. His family had been poor, and he joined the Marines to be able to send money home to his mom and dad and brothers and sisters. He genuinely had the intention to live a good life and to respect other people.

Brendon Burchard

Life Family Good Home Live Respect

And as you point out, for American families who struggle every day to figure out how do they pay, we talk about gasoline prices. That throws budgets into a real problem when you have budgeted really tight.

Allyson Schwartz

Day Struggle American Problem You

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