Padgett Powell Quotes

I don't write anything if I'm not agreeable and liking it. I'm not one of these slavers who wads up paper. It comes or it doesn't.

Padgett Powell

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I don't go to journalists' houses and start dishing about anything private.

Meghan McCain

StartGoAnythingHousesAbout

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.

John Maynard Keynes

WordsThoughtsWildLittleOught

There is a way to grow old and still have dignity.

Robert Lepage

GrowDignityWayOldStill

Your wedding can be the most memorable day and night of your life... or just another party.

Steven Crowder

LifeDayNightWeddingPartyJust

Vets are close to my heart, okay, and it's not only because I served, okay. It's because of what they go through, okay. A lot of these people have gave their lives, a lot of them have gave their limbs, okay, you know, that's a, that's a, that's a heap, you know.

Si Robertson

HeartPeopleYouGoKnowOkay

Corney & Barrow are proud to have the royal warrant, meaning that they provide the Palace with some of the greatest - and necessarily most expensive - wines from around the world. I am pleased to say that they also hold my own warrant, for providing exceptional wines at - surprisingly - modest prices.

Simon Hoggart

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Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!

Mary Harris Jones

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I liked going to Catholic school.

Michael Keaton

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I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

Jason O'Mara

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I'm not a big fan of visual effects.

Jonathan Nolan

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I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

Drew Barrymore

PeopleMindI CanWantUnderstand

Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the world, have brought their fertility rate down to 2.4, partly by social coercion, but mostly by broadly available education, health care and family planning.

Donella Meadows

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