Walter Kirn Quotes

To young people born under the weird planet of the SAT, intelligence was equated with agility, with raw acuity. It produced a certain sort of person of which I was a typical specimen: the mental contortionist, able to rise to almost every challenge placed before him, except the challenge of real self-knowledge.

Walter Kirn

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Socialism means slavery.

John Dalberg-Acton

GovernmentSlaverySocialismMeans

The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our enemies in attempts to hurt us. But the American people are entitled to it, nonetheless.

John McCain

HomeTruthPeopleTruth IsHurt

Goalkeepers are all the same.

Mauro Icardi

Same

In all the shows I've done, I'm always the first to leave - it's in my make-up.

Matthew Morrison

DoneFirstAlwaysLeaveShows

I outline in some detail, but even after the outline is done I often get a new idea that is an improvement, so the outline is a living, breathing thing as well. I also re-outline when I'm two-thirds done, to be sure that there is an emotional payoff from all the plot lines and to be sure the story is as tight as it can be.

Jeff Abbott

ImprovementDetailStoryNewLiving

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

Stephen King

NatureFearLivePeopleWhyReason

I discovered that I love being on stage in high school.

Sterling K. Brown

LoveSchoolHigh SchoolStageHigh

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

Roseanne Barr

HopeWarWorldWillMilitaryJust

When I became a mother, there was no doubt in my mind that it would be the most vital and important job I would ever have because I knew firsthand what it was like not to have a mother.

Janette Rallison

MotherJobMindDoubtImportant

I like to think I grow as a writer from every new experience.

Jason Aaron

ExperienceThinkGrowNewLike

When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.

Jasper Fforde

PeopleThoughtMoviesJustHappened

I entered the film industry because my family forced me into it.

Dhanush

FamilyMeIndustryFilmBecause

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