Harvey Pekar Quotes

I'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And at that time, I was a jazz critic, and I was always thinking, theorizing about what makes great art or what's important in art.

Harvey Pekar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 8, 1939 - July 12, 2010

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It's amazing that about 10% of startups couldn't be found on Facebook because they had common names or names that weren't searchable.

Robert Scoble

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Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.

John Podhoretz

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The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas.

Rob Manuel

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I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!

Ronnie Wood

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Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.

Rose Namajunas

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I love Shah Rukh Khan! I have seen many of his movies.

Michael Steger

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The Iranians excel at identifying potential recruits for terrorist attacks, and then recruiting and training them.

Michael Ledeen

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I always find time for my mother.

Luke James

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If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.

Joshua Bell

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Symbols are important. It depends on how they're used.

Chirlane McCray

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It turns out we are all quite easily swayed if someone knows what they are doing - which is a great thing and a dangerous thing.

Anthony McCarten

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