Walter Kirn Quotes

My mother used to push 'Wuthering Heights' on me as a boy, and I sensed from her breathy description of the story that it would make me laugh. I have no plans to find out if this is true.

Walter Kirn

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We love the sight of the brown and ruddy earth; it is the color of life, while a snow-covered plain is the face of death. Yet snow is but the mask of the life-giving rain; it, too, is the friend of man, the tender, sculpturesque, immaculate, warming, fertilizing snow.

John Burroughs

LifeLoveFriendSnowRainDeath

If you are really interested in making government work, you should have the experience of working in government.

Jennifer Pahlka

WorkExperienceGovernmentYou

If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.

John Galsworthy

FutureThinkYouCannotYourAbout

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy.

Robert Reich

PowerDemocracyWealthConcentration

People tend to eat poorly because it's convenient; it's what's around them. But you can make the switch. I think the way to do that is to just make fruits and vegetables as convenient as possible to eat.

Michael Greger

PeopleThinkYouVegetablesPossible

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.

John Tesh

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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

Ambrose Bierce

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I used to sleep nude - until the earthquake.

Alyssa Milano

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Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

Sophia Amoruso

CreativityDriveImportantEqually

I go back and think of President Kennedy, who had a military service background, but he comes into the presidency, and he's faced with a decision on the Bay of Pigs, with the C.I.A. and the military giving him data, and it turns out very badly.

Stanley A. McChrystal

ServiceDecisionThinkGivingData

I moved out to L.A. when I was 17, dropped out of high school, and pursued a career in music.

Skylar Grey

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I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.

Simon Cowell

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