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Edmund White Quotes

I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 13, 1940

Topics

Think Aesthetic Sincerity Realism

And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene.

Education Health Government Think

In ancient African cultures, a young man was not considered a full member of the tribe, an elder, a man. He couldn't marry and he couldn't own land until he had killed a lion. It was symbolic.

Lion Man Young Young Man Land Tribe

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

John F. Kennedy

Time Tool Couch Must Use

Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.

Stephen Ambrose

Emotions Passionate Resignation Even

I wanted to be a writer, and my mother was like, 'No, why don't you become a lawyer?' That sort of thing.

Mother Lawyer You Why Become Like

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay.

Police Rock Everything Stadium Fan

When you're thrust into litigation, you obviously have to make sure you're prepared to deal with that.

You Deal Sure Prepared Litigation

As an artist, one of the ingredients to doing good work is self-awareness, and that's something I cultivate.

Work Good Good Work Doing Artist

Eventually my goal is get a place in Ojai where I can have animals and a big garden. Just drink wine all day and hang in my garden.

Michelle Branch

Day Wine Garden Goal I Can Place

There is no question that the recovery from the global recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis has been unusually lengthy and anemic.

Financial Crisis Question Recovery

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.

Time Right Time Need Right Tell

I've died so many times. I'm 65. On my 40th birthday, my girlfriend gave me a reel with ways I had died, whether it was by knife, or electrocution or drowning or being thrown off a building or whatever it might have been. I've died a lot of times!

Birthday Me Building Knife Whatever

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