Ben Dolnick Quotes

To write fiction is to think that you're doing it wrong - that your work habits are inhibiting you; that you've chosen the wrong subject; that you've chosen the right subject, but that someone else has, unbeknownst to you, already written exactly the book you're laboring over.

Ben Dolnick

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I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.

John Williams

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A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.

Jean Genet

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The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.

Ron Fournier

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I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.

Romeo Santos

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No man can be stronger than his destiny.

Mary Hunter Austin

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As the Pentagon makes plans for the largest troop rotation since World War II, I will work with the Armed Services Committee to help make this proposal a reality.

Mike Rogers

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I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

Dolph Ziggler

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Louis Vuitton has a long history with collaborations.

Delphine Arnault

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I've lived in N.Y. and L.A. for many years, but I still gravitate to New Orleans - it's so unique and so European. There's nothing else like it in the country. It has its own music, its own food, its own style and its own way of life.

Bryan Batt

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I've been a solo artist for a year now, and I think I should start thinking about the future now. Every spare time I get, I want to be in the studio and work on music for 2015. It's a lot of work.

Shane Filan

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Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

Thomas John Barnardo

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The number one way of becoming powerful in Washington is by becoming the 'Washington Post.'

Tina Brown

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