Nick Flynn Quotes

For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully.

Nick Flynn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 26, 1960

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It's very strange to go from being completely secluded and doing your own work for yourself, to having an audience - and having an audience that's aware of what you do and expects you to do things that they like. It can make things difficult.

Jhonen Vasquez

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I've hurt people unnecessarily when it was about my own insecurities. But you have to make those mistakes to become a better person.

Joel Kinnaman

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New York City life is different from all other city life. It's incredibly relentless and fast, and I think when I first got here, it was incredibly exciting. It was also so hot. I didn't know New York got so hot. I'm not a fan of the heat!

Matthew James Thomas

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So many people say they went to school on 'The Larry Sanders Show.'

Jeffrey Tambor

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I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person.

Spalding Gray

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For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default.

Mohamed El-Erian

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Don't let anything stand in the way of you claiming and manifesting the life that you choose rather than the life you have by default.

Joy Page

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Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth.

Diane Lane

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Most high governmental officials who speak of education policy seem to conceive of education in this light - as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth. I strongly disagree with this approach.

Derek Bok

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A part of me is a liberal New Yorker involved in politics and certain attitudes about movies. I kind of lost my indie credibility over 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith.' I know I haven't lost it. I just have to go make an independent movie. I just have to do it. Just for me.

Doug Liman

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I'm a fly fisherman. I make flies. They're imitations of insects at different stages in their development.

Christopher Guest

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Kurt Vonnegut said, 'The best of Bob and Ray is virtually indistinguishable from the worst.' I'm sure he meant that as a compliment.

Bob Elliott

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