Ben Fountain Quotes

The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I've done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but.

Ben Fountain

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FutureWifeSchoolMeLawWriting

'Crashing' was my first scripted TV gig.

Jermaine Fowler

FirstTVCrashingGigScripted

All I can say is working with Ridley Scott is a dream come true.

Joel Edgerton

DreamI CanSayTrueWorkingCome

Had my dad not been short and fat and balding, there's no doubt his career would have been very different. But he could do lots of stuff and made a very good career out of it. He had an incredible work ethic because he lost his father when he was very young, and the family had to pull together.

Rory Kinnear

WorkFamilyGoodFatherTogether

Many people love me, many people hate me - there's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it.

Johnny Thunders

LoveHatePeopleMeLove MeNobody

The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicised so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy.

Deborah Eisenberg

LiveDailyExperienceWorldMatter

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

Claude Monet

NatureFlowersBecomePainterOwe

I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.

Chuck Mangione

MusicPeopleIdeasWantReasonCome

I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.

Brendan Gleeson

CultureProblemFindingYouKnow

Everyone wants clean air and clean water, but my hope is that we will not regulate it to the point where we drive businesses and industries out of this country, to the point where entrepreneurs cannot start or expand their businesses because they simply can't afford to do so.

Bob Latta

HopeWaterDriveStartCountryWill

The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women.

Alice Paul

WomenWomanPartyUpStatusWorking

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.

William Weld

HappinessGovernmentThinkPlayRole

I've tried my very best to keep all the balls in the air and be home.

Thomas Gibson

HomeBestBallsAirKeepTried

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