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Van Wyck Brooks Quotes

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

Van Wyck Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: February 16, 1886 - May 2, 1963

Topics

Courage Man Successful Man Always

Working on being creative in the TV world is endless. It never stops. It's a challenge that never disappears.

John de Mol, Jr.

Challenge Creative World Never Being

I love my job. I go to fight because this is me.

Love Job Fight Me Go Because

The first song that I had that went platinum was 'Keep Your Head Up,' which was a long time ago. Then, you get 'one-hit wonder' with that.

Time Song Long You Wonder Long Time

The whole notion of never growing up is incredibly intense and emotional.

Growing Up Growing Never Emotional

As an overly confident college freshman, the first time I received a below-average score on an exam was a needed wake-up call.

Stephanie Coontz

Time College Confident First Time

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.

Light Writing Literature Question

During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.

War World Pilot World War II Return

I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he thought I was good. He called his coach, and the coach called me and recruited me. A five-minute phone call changed my life.

Life Good Me Team Thought Golf

Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business.

Business Fake You Sincerity Nowhere

Some 70% to 80% of all who join the military will return to the civilian workforce. They'll return to communities, and one of the things I've worried about is the increasing disconnect between the American people and our men and women in uniform. We come from fewer and fewer places. We're less than 1% of the population.

Women Men People American Uniform

I need my time to be lonely.

Time Lonely Need My Time

I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with an outline. I write where I can see things happen, and then things get glued together.

Work Together I Can Things Happen

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