Edward P. Jones Quotes

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step.

Edward P. Jones

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I don't like happy stuff. I'm not funny.

Sondra Radvanovsky

FunnyHappyLikeStuff

The modern notion of art is an essentially religious or magical one in which the artist is viewed as a holy beast who in some way, big or small, receives flashes from the godhead, which is known as creativity.

Tom Wolfe

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I'm a real big country boy.

Tom Felton

CountryBoyRealBigCountry Boy

Paris's neighborhoods, the arrondissements, are organized like a twist. They spiral from the river like toilet water flushing in reverse and erupting out of the bowl - a corkscrew or what have you, a flattened pig's tail, a whorling braid notched one to 20.

Rosecrans Baldwin

WaterRiverYouPigParisOut

Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.

Chris Christie

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I've always been down-to-earth about money.

Chynna Phillips

MoneyAlwaysBeenAbout

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Winston Churchill

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I believe that if I do good work, something in the universe will fall right for it.

Nushrat Bharucha

WorkGoodGood WorkBelieveUniverse

I'm not a liar.

Marion Cotillard

Liar

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. God loves us, not because of what we do or accomplish, but because God has created and redeemed us in love.

Henri Nouwen

LoveLeaderFutureGodWorldSelf

With the Internet, if you erase something it just means you have to spend another half-minute to find it.

Gilbert Gottfried

InternetYouFindEraseSomething

I am a big comedy fan, having been in 'Coupling.'

Gina Bellman

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