Manny Farber Quotes

'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.

Manny Farber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1917 - August 18, 2008

Topics

SleepCuriosityComplicatedCrime

I've made some mistakes before.

Jenn Suhr

MistakesMadeSomeBefore

I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.

Stephen F. Lynch

GoodStrongThoughtAlwaysPolicy

I'm a workhorse. I'll take anything and everything I can get, and I'll do it with a smile on my face.

Roman Reigns

SmileFaceI CanEverythingAnything

I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.

Michael Ondaatje

HomeFeelCitizenWantAlwaysLanka

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Miguel de Cervantes

WithinGreatestMustWhomCombat

My job is simply to give advice, to be a counselor to our nation's leaders.

Michael Mullen

JobAdviceNationGiveCounselor

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

Jay Asher

PeopleWritingBookYouWriteRead

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Jon Krakauer

HumilityMeSmallAfraidSomething

The world changed on us. In a world where there were singles bars in every city, women weren't going to go out and hang out in a Playboy Club.

Christie Hefner

WomenCityWorldGoClubOut

Because we lived only a mile outside the town of Mayfield, I was acutely conscious of being country. I felt inferior to people in town because we had to grow our food and make our clothes.

Bobbie Ann Mason

FoodPeopleGrowClothesCountry

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world.

Bobby Short

TimeWorldBlackWhiteYoungLiving

I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.

AnnaLynne McCord

DreamsGreatMoneyBlessedWorldUp

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