Walter Kirn Quotes

Writing about the future and the past is less a way of dramatizing change than of showing, by way of contrast, what abides.

Walter Kirn

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ChangeFuturePastWritingWayThan

If you ask me what is the best good fortune in my life, of course I say that I have seen in my lifespan the Wall coming down, the reunification.

Joachim Sauer

LifeGoodBestMeMy LifeYou

I think a spell abroad for anybody is incredibly useful. It gives you a great sense of perspective, and you see other ways of doing things.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

GreatPerspectiveThinkDoingYou

Ghost stories always creep me out and weird me out. Those are always interesting to watch.

Jessica Szohr

MeWeirdInterestingAlwaysOut

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.

John Irving

MeBookLongI CanWriteFirst

When someone shows you who they are, the first time, believe them.

Ana Navarro

TimeBelieveSomeoneYouFirst Time

As a viewer of TV shows, I always like shows more when I just feel like the people in charge have a plan. You can just tell sometimes, 'Oh, there's a plan there. They have an idea for how this is going to unfold.'

Michael Schur

PeopleFeelPlanYouSometimesMore

It's all about leading by example. Am I going to be perfect? Absolutely not.

Mo Williams

PerfectGoingExampleAbsolutelyAm

No, I'm a theatrical, live performer or a movie performer.

Liza Minnelli

LiveMoviePerformerTheatrical

If Mourinho loses 4-1, he doesn't sleep well.

Arjen Robben

SleepWellHeLoses

Natural gas is a feedstock in basically every industrial process.

Aubrey McClendon

ProcessIndustrialNaturalGasEvery

When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.

Phil McGraw

FamilyLoyaltyTogetherYouCreate

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Norman Schwarzkopf

WarHuntingWithoutGoingFrance

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