Ben Fountain Quotes

Obama was elected on the shoulders of an incipient movement that he allowed to languish once he became president.

Ben Fountain

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If you grow up in a place, and you're small, even if the place is itself also small, it's huge to you. It's what's out there: it's the world outside of your door.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows.

Robert J. Sawyer

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That I even get to play a sold-out show where people know the words and I'm singing about things I'm connected to is such a blessing. It's the equivalent of a nine-year-old saying, 'I want to be an astronaut when I grow up,' and then getting to go to the moon.

Andy Grammer

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There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

Jeb Bush

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The greatest luxury is not driving. I didn't own a car until I was 30, and that was a Rolls-Royce, so it was cheaper to insure a chauffeur. I never want to drive again. My mind is always on other things. I hate parking, and I'm very short-tempered and would get road rage, I'm sure.

Michael Caine

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A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

John Steinbeck

MarriageJourneyControlThinkYou

In a web/mobile startup, coding is not an outsourced activity. It's an integral part of the company's DNA.

Steve Blank

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I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Stephen Graham

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Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.

Steven Tyler

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I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again.

Steve Scalise

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Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

Rosalynn Carter

PeopleWorldCareBetterYouPlace

I used to be on the kitchen floor, crying, wasted and thinking of lyrics. That was the only way I could create - as a tortured artist. I've learned that you can be stable and taking care of yourself and still create beautiful work.

Mary Lambert

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