Varley O'Connor Quotes

What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.

Varley O'Connor

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The rise of the social web promised a new era of personalization for globe-trotting. But like many things born online, as popularity of the new tools increased, efficiency and usefulness began to decrease.

Jenna Wortham

ToolsEfficiencyRiseBornNewWeb

Here's what my CV usually does not say: I was trained as a teacher. My first job lasted less than 60 days. I was an assistant professor at a good college at Delhi University, but I found it very political, very suffocating. At the age of 23, you're not very tolerant of those things.

Amit Bhatia

GoodAgeTeacherJobCollegeYou

I think the kick to doing comedy is just to get in a film with really funny people and let them do their jobs. I find that in most comedies, I'm not the funny one, which works out great.

Amy Adams

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Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling on the roof. It's very easy to enjoy yourself.

Tove Jansson

RainWaterPastLieYourselfRed

The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge.

Toshihiko Fukui

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Usually, you come into it, and there's half a dozen different views or angles on what different people are wanting to see, from the producer to the director to the writers to the actors. I think 'Pacific Rim' has been an example of something that illustrates what you get if everyone is driving towards a common purpose.

Travis Beacham

PurposePeopleThinkDrivingYou

We made some mistakes. We had some managers we didn't like and had to get rid of, and that cost some money. Stuff like that. But overall, we did really well.

Robby Krieger

MoneyMistakesCostWellGetStuff

From an egotistical point of view, I'm always interested in roles that push me as a person. I'm interested in humans as animals and as products of society.

Tom Cullen

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I don't have my pilot's licence anymore, but I'm still very political.

Mathias Rust

PoliticalPilotStillVeryLicence

This is not Tolstoy. I don't want to know what critics and professors think of what I'm writing. It might hurt my feelings.

Lisa Kleypas

WritingThinkHurtFeelingsKnow

If you've got a good song, it's easy to play. But you can't make a bad song sound good no matter who you have to play on it.

Donald Dunn

GoodSongEasyYouBadPlay

My parents would take us to double-feature movies on the weekends, and I would just point at the screen and tell them that that's what I wanted to do.

Deborah Joy Winans

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