Francine Prose Quotes

I remember, when I was a little kid, I was good at sports, and I could jump off the high board. And then puberty hit, and suddenly I was looking to boys for direction. I remember that as a great loss.

Francine Prose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1947

Topics

GoodSportsGreatLookingDirection

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.

Joel Osteen

GodTodayNew BeginningBestYouGo

I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.

Jennifer Nettles

MeMy OwnOwnPerfectionismHow

In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization.

John L. Lewis

OrganizationSteelCommitteeIndustry

You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food.

Tom Colicchio

FoodYouKnowWantModernCook

In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other's art, so we can effect a synthesis.

Robby Krieger

ArtMusiciansDoorsKnowEffect

Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.

Robby Benson

MistakesYouHumanQuestionAskTop

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

Martin Scorsese

LoveHistorySeedsFallSeeingRise

I was the first Latino member of Congress to support Senator Obama's candidacy. For quite a while, I was the only one.

Luis Gutierrez

SupportCongressFirstLatinoOnly

In politics it is necessary to take nothing tragically and everything seriously.

Louis Adolphe Thiers

PoliticsSeriouslyNothingEverything

My family had to live in Vienna for three months, then in Italy for another nine, while we waited for refugee status.

Milana Vayntrub

FamilyLiveThreeStatusRefugee

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

Colin Powell

TodayHopeHeartTimeWorldBetter

I'd rather not pinpoint my mistakes.

Ally Sheedy

MistakesRatherPinpoint

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