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Garrison Keillor Quotes

I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.

Garrison Keillor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: August 7, 1942

Topics

Intelligence People Wrong Shy Campus

I don't plot, and I don't plan. I like to be surprised like the reader.

Joe R. Lansdale

Plan Like Surprised Plot Reader

If you've got a talent, protect it.

Jim Carrey

Motivational Talent You Protect Got

As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books that are most popular when they are written. Both 'Moby Dick' and 'The Great Gatsby' were complete failures, critically and commercially, when they first appeared.

Michael Cunningham

Great Literature Student First Last

Believe me, people with disabilities are just as concerned about benefit fraud as anyone else. Money spent on those who are not in need is money that isn't being spent on vital services to support us in the community.

Stella Young

Community Money Support People Me

Since the iPhone, the most transformative products have not been gadgets but services. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have changed lives, but they didn't launch to massive fanfare.

Steven Levy

iPhone Launch Facebook Gadgets Been

I'm cool with people dressing up as Eleven for Halloween. I definitely want to open my door and give them candy.

Millie Bobby Brown

People Cool Door Want Candy Open

It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need the audience to tell you where to go.

Loretta Swit

Alone You Go Need Stage Audience

When you're playing a real person, there's a balance between playing the person in the script and playing the person as he was in life. You have to be respectful and true to who that person was, but at the same time tell the story in the film.

David Tennant

Life Time Balance Story You Person

'There's nothing new under the sun': that's what you wrote, Ecclesiastes. But you yourself were born new under the sun.

Wislawa Szymborska

Yourself Sun You Born New Nothing

My hip-hop fans are a little spoiled - they want a particular level of lyricism and energy that I'm known for. When they don't get that, it takes a little time for them to open up to it. But electronic fans are as free as the music. On social media, they were so excited and loud; they're in awe.

Pusha T

Music Time Social Media Free Energy

I have a robust sense of humour which helps me deal with problems.

Peter Mayle

Me Problems Humour Sense Deal Which

I want to create a little chaos and make people's heads turn.

Scott Caan

People Chaos Create Want Turn Make