A. S. Byatt Quotes

I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful.

A. S. Byatt

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WorldKnowReasonSexualityAbsence

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie.

Jimmy Fallon

FamilyThinkYouIrishUpForce

When you grow up in one town and your life revolves around it, you are very aware of any darkness on the edge of town. That's because it's scary and it's inviting.

Melissa Etheridge

LifeDarknessGrowYouEdgeGrow Up

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

Meghan O'Rourke

WomenGracePerformanceAlwaysEros

I don't look on the Internet; it's a world of pain.

Max Irons

PainWorldInternetLook

It was 1988, and I was just finishing a D.Phil at Oxford University on the topic of 'Nietzsche and German Idealism.'

Matthew Stewart

FinishingUniversityJustIdealism

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

Tom Ford

TogetherAmazingYouthAmericaGets

The long-standing wisdom that everyone wins in a single world market has been undermined. Global trade, capital flows, and immigration are declining.

Roger Altman

WisdomWorldImmigrationSingleBeen

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.

Roseanne Barr

WomenSpaceBelieveI BelieveTry

A Negroni demands your full, upright attention. It will not tolerate mindless swigging the way all those sweet summertime drinks do, which is just one reason no one has ever ordered one at a swim-up bar at a resort pool.

Jonathan Miles

SweetAttentionPoolWillWayBar

Just put down 9/11... I think, on most things I'm liberal, except on defending ourselves and keeping half the money. Those things I'm kind of conservative on.

Dennis Miller

MoneyThinkDownKindConservative

I connect fashion to other peoples' elegance, but not my own. I don't think I've ever felt elegant. I've felt appropriate, but never elegant, and I wonder what that must be like. I like it when other people are elegant - I prefer it - but I can't do it myself. I honestly think it's some form of autistic disorder.

Douglas Coupland

MyselfPeopleFashionThinkElegance

The Austin music scene is the reason why so many of them moved here.

Bob Livingston

MusicWhyReasonHereAustinMoved

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