Kathryn Harrison Quotes

I admire writers who succeed at what I consider the first demand of art: that the artist vivisect himself without pity, without hesitation, determined to reveal whatever he might find.

Kathryn Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1961

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The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

Jimmy Carr

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It's a lot easier to stay idealistic if you don't sign two to five next-of-kin letters every day.

Jim Mattis

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Concept is what makes actors raise their game.

Joe Dempsie

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People talk about the difference between working on stage and working on film. I think you could say that there are as many differences between working on low budget films and working on big budget films. You really are doing the same thing, but at the same time you're doing something vastly different as well.

Joel Edgerton

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I lost my spleen, I lost the hearing in my left ear, so I had a lot of internal organ damage.

Amy Purdy

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I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house.

Steven Wright

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Being quickest in practice is nice. It builds a lot of confidence overnight.

Robby Gordon

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The Tamil audience has accepted me and given me a place to establish myself. I'm not taking things for granted... I've learnt the language.

Ritika Singh

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Discipline may be identified neither with an institution nor with an apparatus; it is a type of power, a modality for its exercise, comprising a whole set of instruments, techniques, procedures, levels of application, targets; it is a 'physics' or 'anatomy' of power, a technology.

Michel Foucault

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You have to invest in yourself and your surroundings.

Swizz Beatz

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There has to be essentially a completely new regulatory framework for Hyperloop because it is not high-speed rail. It's not rail.

Shervin Pishevar

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I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

Shannon Miller

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