Gene Wolfe Quotes

He's not rewarding us by talking to us. He's talking to us because He has something to say to us directly, as opposed to the things He says to all humanity.

Gene Wolfe

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TalkingHumanitySaySomethingUs

I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.'

Robert Redford

BeautifulMyselfMeKidSeeHead

I played sports. I had boyfriends. I loved high school.

Ann Coulter

SportsSchoolHigh SchoolLovedHigh

There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.

Shuji Nakamura

MoneyPeopleEvilThinkSomething

All I've wanted to be is someone people look up to. It's funny - everyone says I'm controversial. I've never worked out what it is about me that's controversial. I've never had a DUI; I've never been in a brawl; you've never seen photos of me walking out of clubs at 5 A.M.

Ruby Rose

FunnyPeopleMeWalkingSomeoneYou

I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of law.

Mohamed ElBaradei

ConfidencePeopleLawDemocracySay

My dad was an actor, and he always said that work was work; you can't turn your nose up at it. We didn't have much money when I was growing up, and he had this real work ethic, which I inherited.

Johnny Flynn

WorkMoneyGrowing UpWork EthicYou

My ultimate search has been for a muse.

Dominic Monaghan

SearchMuseBeenUltimate

There is no question that tobacco is addictive and that tobacco kills.

Dick Durbin

QuestionTobaccoAddictive

In life, sometimes it pays off when you really don't give a damn.

Donald McCaig

LifeYouSometimesDamnGiveOff

I'm a costume designer. My career is not in fashion, a field I'm basically unfamiliar with.

Chris March

FashionCareerCostumeField

Before I wrote my first novel, 'The Expats,' I spent nearly two decades at various arms of publishing houses such as Random House, Workman, and HarperCollins, mostly as an acquisitions editor. But a more accurate title for that job might be rejection editor: while I acquired maybe a dozen projects per year, I'd reject hundreds upon hundreds.

Chris Pavone

JobRandomRejectionYearHouseTwo

Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life.

Bob Feller

LifeBlessedNobodyForeverLives

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