Nicholson Baker Quotes

I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains the same - keep what's published in the form in which it appeared.

Nicholson Baker

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I follow cool. When I went up to see Steve Jobs, I said, 'The party's at this guy's house.'

Jimmy Iovine

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In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side.

Melissa Etheridge

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We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency back where it belonged, getting the trust back after Nixon. And President Reagan has been one of the most influential presidents.

Steve Garvey

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Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book.

Sophia Amoruso

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Email is the lowest common denominator. It's the way you get communications from one person to another. There isn't really an alternative. Sometimes people will have Facebook messenger turned on, but 99 percent of the time, if you're sending a message to a human you don't know well, you're using email.

Stewart Butterfield

TimePeopleYouPersonSometimes

When I went to Le Havre, I wasn't physically ready. I was skinny and not strong enough to play in a tough league. They told me to go back to the second team. I was very disappointed, but maybe that helped me to be the way I am now.

Riyad Mahrez

I AmMeTeamToughStrongEnough

You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

Joyce Meyer

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I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.

Piper Laurie

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To find better means of fixing the brain, we first need to achieve something more fundamental. We must understand how it works.

Sebastian Seung

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'The Practice' I was on for seven years and it was a law show, so I really - a lot of objections and things like that, lots of long, long monologues that David Kelly used to write me, which were great. I was really lucky to have my first show go that long.

Kelli Williams

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I sort of wanted to reveal this other side of Asia: Southeast Asia, where the Chinese have been wealthy for generations and have different ways of relating to money. I wanted to sort of reveal this world to readers.

Kevin Kwan

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I keep thinking: 'Georgia O'Keeffe wouldn't have had Botox.'

Gloria Steinem

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