Eleanor Catton Quotes

There are a lot of people of my generation in New Zealand literature, young writers on their first or second books, that I'm just really excited about. There seems to be a big gap between the generation above and us; it seems to be quite radically different in terms of form and approach.

Eleanor Catton

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I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films.

Jody Hill

WeirdLikeReallyRichardClark

In L.A., I like to surf. I went through a phase - I was surfing four days a week. I'm still not good at it; I still spend most of my time falling.

Jess Weixler

GoodTimeWeekFallingThroughDays

We want to start a 'Flash' band. Everyone can play an instrument and sing.

Jesse L. Martin

StartPlayWantBandEveryoneSing

The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer.

Johannes Stark

ChangeSurfaceAtomLayerMeans

I've been a fan of electronic music for a while.

Max Joseph

MusicBeenFanElectronic Music

I definitely script things out. I definitely write things down and try to write jokes. Often, they're terrible. I often write terrible, terrible jokes.

Michael Ian Black

DownTryWriteOutJokesThings

My family made it through Hurricane Sandy. We have water, power, and a roof, but the survivor's guilt makes me want to hide. Sneak away from the brilliance of life. It shouts at me: 'Don't enjoy anything too much; people are suffering.' I feel childlike somehow.

Alysia Reiner

LifeFamilyPowerWaterSuffering

Open Society Foundations is essentially another name for George Soros, who is a committed leftist, one-world-government ideologue.

Trent Franks

SocietyNameOpenWhoCommitted

Now that I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents.

Rivers Cuomo

FatherParentsNowForgiven

Advances in technology - hugely beneficial though they are - render us vulnerable in new ways. For instance, our interconnected world depends on elaborate networks: electric power grids, air traffic control, international finance, just-in-time delivery, and so forth.

Martin Rees

TechnologyPowerFinanceWorldNew

The parrot's so funny. He imitates me and I don't even realize he's doing it. I'm walking around the house talking to myself and whistling and the next day he's said something I've said... it's scary you know?

Mick Ralphs

FunnyMyselfDayMeWalkingTalking

You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore.

Brian De Palma

MeThinkYouKnowAlwaysLast

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