Gary Krist Quotes

Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection.

Gary Krist

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GoodMeDetailStoryRichYou

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.

John Burdett

LifePathImaginationAmazingSafety

The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.

Jerome Bruner

WorkLazinessLeapThinkerGuessing

I loved 'About Schmidt'. I like Alexander Payne's work a lot.

Meghan Daum

WorkLovedLikeAboutLotAlexander

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.

Andy Goldsworthy

SimpleSimplicityIdeasFeelingsUs

I have a desire that I want to make people feel happy through my music. I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself.

Michael Franti

MusicMyselfHappyPeopleFeelFind

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

Anais Nin

LoveDeathKnowNeverSourceErrors

Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.

Steve Forbes

FailureMistakeWorldEarlyDare

While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.

Stephen Hawking

WomenMathematicsPeopleBetter

I'm often accused of hiring people with civil rights experience, and I do plead guilty to that.

Tom Perez

ExperiencePeopleGuiltyCivil Rights

All evils to which so many become addicted begin in the mind and in the way one thinks.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

MindWayBecomeBeginThinksMany

I always have a strange feeling that projects choose you. It's always mysterious.

Denis Villeneuve

YouChooseFeelingStrangeAlways

The technology actually seemed to come at just the right time to make the Hulk - Mark Ruffalo was really able to play both characters.

Clark Gregg

TechnologyTimeRight TimePlayMark

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