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Walter Kirn Quotes

Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.

Walter Kirn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

America Congress Nothing Over Threat

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears - when you give your whole attention to it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Heart Mind Understanding Attention

I started taking my fiance, Justin, to some red carpet events I would go to, and a bowtie is often something that was required. We came across a lot of stylish bowties. We liked playing dress up for these events and we thought it would be fun to start a line, but it was never a reality until recently.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Fun Red Dress Start Thought Stylish

I love doing bank robberies, drug cases, homicides - as a prosecutor, that's what I thought I was going to be overseeing when I got to the bureau.

Robert Mueller

Love Thought Doing Bank Got Going

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.

Aneurin Bevan

Man Rich Stand Far Away Forget Away

Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over.

Michael C. Hall

Space Pressure You Nothing Mean Yes

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Mother Women Me Law Growing Up Lady

If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.

Martin Yan

Food Me I Can Reason Bring Sauce

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

Mitt Romney

Time World Create Build Lead Sure

Part of being creative is not being super-duper focused.

Joshua Foer

Creative Focused Being Part

The thing about people from Chicago and the Northwest suburbs is that they're very cocky. I think that serves us well in the show business world.

Jay Chandrasekhar

Business People World Think Cocky

The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.

Dorothy Corkille Briggs

Jealousy Feeling Fires Fan Route

In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction.

Dorothy Hamill

Direction Think Lesson Kind Group