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Walter Kirn Quotes

I like to think that I could praise the good book of someone I personally dislike. I try not to comment on the person, to be insulting, but I have no trouble being insulting to the work.

Walter Kirn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 3, 1962

Topics

Work Good Book Think Someone Person

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

Robert H. Schuller

Positive Thoughts Survive Negative

I'm completely anti-establishment; the only thing I like about the Queen are her scarves and her jewels.

Anita Pallenberg

Queen Her Jewels Only Like About

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

Amy Tan

Mother Age Day Remember Every Day

For me, growing up, I felt like there was something fatally and tragically flawed in my nature and that it was my duty to try to avoid falling for that vice.

Shyam Selvadurai

Nature Me Growing Up Growing Duty

It was never like I had to go, 'I am gay.' Slowly, almost by osmosis, by the way I was behaving, it became obvious and accepted.

Shura

I Am Gay Go Way Never Obvious

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

Rudy Rucker

Process Rules Computation

I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.

Molly Ringwald

Life Past Believe Regret Think You

Anytime you have a fellow artist say, 'Loving the new Luke Bryan album,' that's awesome.

Luke Bryan

You Artist Loving New Say Awesome

I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so any chance to help promote it or celebrate it or not make the hackiest jokes - 'Bowlers are like plumbers and they wear the craziest shirts!' - I'm way into.

Chris Hardwick

Love People Me Celebrate Chance Way

In my family, we can't just sit and be together. We have to be shelling peas or husking corn or something. A larger task. Some way of being with people.

Chuck Palahniuk

Family Together People Way Task Sit

It was not that socialism failed, it was the lack of socialism.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Socialism Failed Lack

In my business, my job is to make people believe they are seeing something they're not seeing.

Shane Douglas

Business Job People Believe Seeing