Dana Spiotta Quotes

There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don't get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren't we glad people are still doing it?

Dana Spiotta

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Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.

Andrei Platonov

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I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

Matthew Vaughn

YouNobodyMatterCompanyBigCall

China on the world stage, in terms of interaction with the rest of the world, has been relatively very new due to the long isolation period until Deng Xiaoping's times.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?

Studs Terkel

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I'm a normal working actor - just the way I want it. I have never been the one to want the fame of everything. The thing for me is to inspire people and do something I love.

Tony Revolori

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When people feel vulnerable, they make slapstick decisions.

Jonathan Krisel

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I don't remember much of my childhood. My father passed away when I was six, and sadly, I don't have the fuzziest, foggiest memory of him - what his voice was like, anything he ever said to me, nothing. My early years are a total blur.

Don Willett

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I don't know if I could date a single dad. It would depend on the guy.

Chelsea Kane

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The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues - and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to do with guns.

Claire McCaskill

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There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.

Chuck Schumer

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I didn't have many friends; I was kind of bullied at school.

Bojana Novakovic

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The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.

Arthur Goldberg

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