Laurie Colwin Quotes

Not everyone can write a book or paint a picture or write a symphony, but almost anyone can fall in love. There is something almost miraculous in that.

Laurie Colwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1944 - October 24, 1992

Topics

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I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.

John Engler

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I've been more or less vegetarian for about 40 years. Health diet really helps. I do meditation every day, and either yoga or sport several times a week.

John McLaughlin

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It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back.

Jeffrey Kluger

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I've got to say I'm a Jon Snow guy for sure.

Steve Kazee

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It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe I can do it,' but you know you can't. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldn't get it right.

Stephenie Meyer

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There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible.

Simon Helberg

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It's the government's job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it's the government's duty to inspire confidence.

Simon Cowell

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Usually, my rhymes are just in my head. I start off with a theme, and once I start rapping and writing and singing, the chorus and all that, it just starts flowing. Then it's done in about an hour! I write a lot of songs.

Roshon Fegan

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I was not aware of what my dad had accomplished. I grew up with him playing football.

Michelle Carter

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Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.

Doris Roberts

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I've said before: 'If you're going to earnestly sing a song around a campfire, you'd better be a Muppet!' Or else we're just not going to buy it.

Colin Trevorrow

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I love buffalo wings and eat them at least three times a week.

Colin Jost

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