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Edmund White Quotes

I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn't care later when I write about her.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Father Mother Home Me Black Care

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

Jimmy Chamberlin

Always Seen Drumming Anyway Lyrical

I'm a small dog guy. I don't want to be pattin' with the big Rottweiler or Great Dane. I like those little guys that jump on your lap and don't knock you over when they do.

Dog Great Small You Jump Want

I think people take a liking to a voice or something that makes them smile and feel good about themselves.

Smile Good People Feel Good Think

It was a simple question any employee should ask: 'Oh and by the way, how do I get my health insurance to be seamless?'

Andrew P. Harris

Health Simple Insurance Way Employee

Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Fear Romantic Past Writing Criticism

We all have a gift; we all have a passion - it's just about finding it and going into it. Being an asset to your family and community.

Family Passion Community Gift Going

My basic influence had probably been Peter Max.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Influence Been Basic Max Peter Had

Arnold has succeeded at every level, and I believe he is the only person that can unite the people of this state and lead California from its current dysfunctional condition to the bright future that all residents long for.

Future People Believe Long Person

As CEO, I accept responsibility for the irregularities that have been found in diesel engines and have therefore requested the Supervisory Board to agree on terminating my function as CEO of the Volkswagen Group.

Martin Winterkorn

Responsibility Group Accept Agree

After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. 'Given To Fly' came out of that, and so did 'Faithful' - those were on 'Yield,' which came after Mad Season.

Music Writing Fly Mad My Own Out

I love to tell stories, but the making is less comfortable. I like to be private, and being in the middle of a film crew with the least amount of privacy is the discomfort of shooting a movie. For me, the editing is the great moment when I can bring back ideas and realize the movie for the last time before I hand it to the audience.

Luca Guadagnino

Love Great Time Moment Me Ideas

The booming popularity of alligator hunting, sparked by reality shows like the History Channel's 'Swamp People,' is easy to understand: It's an exotic blast of adrenaline. But there's a culinary upside as well, with gator boasting a delicate light-pink meat that, to me, falls somewhere between veal and wild turkey.

History People Me Reality Easy Wild

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