Maggie Nelson Quotes

Art to me is not precious enough that I feel territorial about what the word gets applied to. Conversations about what counts as art and what doesn't doesn't captivate my attention very much.

Maggie Nelson

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ArtMeFeelEnoughAttentionI Feel

I'm country at heart. I love doing normal stuff, like back in my rookie year when nobody knew who I was, and I could grab dinner and have normal conversations.

Jimmy Butler

LoveHeartDinnerDoingYearBack

I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular 'ism', but a gathering together of writers with an aesthetic approach to literature and with a lust for excellence.

John Metcalf

ExcellenceTogetherAestheticLust

Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered, 'Is it reggae? Is it rock?' But at the end of the day they were still playing his music and that's what matters.

Melanie Fiona

MusicDayPeopleEnd Of The DayEnd

Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'

Matthew Tobin Anderson

MeWritingThank YouYouDownSay

Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.

Michael Bloomberg

WaterTreesHelpValuesWillAir

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Livy

PastErrorsEasierThanOurCorrect

TV didn't kill radio, it just added something new to the mix.

Douglas Coupland

NewRadioSomethingJustMixTV

I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.

Chris Hemsworth

WorldRememberI CanWatchingRings

When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I have a laptop; I can do the most tedious part of my job in a public place.

Chuck Palahniuk

AloneTimeJobPeopleMeWriting

We all need relaxed outfits in our arsenals.

Brad Goreski

NeedRelaxedOurOutfits

My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father was a businessman and politician. I was actually raised by my grandfather.

Aliko Dangote

FatherTimeDeathManGrandfather

'Game of Thrones' fans are the nicest people ever, but a thousand nice people coming at me gives me claustrophobia.

Peter Dinklage

PeopleMeGameNiceComingFans

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