E. L. Doctorow Quotes

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

E. L. Doctorow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1931 - July 21, 2015

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I like guitar sounds to be a little somber.

Joe Trohman

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At this point, I wouldn't be able to digest meat, and I don't like eating things with faces.

Joely Fisher

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I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.

John Howard

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I've found, being in Los Angeles, it's like living in a live-action Planet Hollywood.

Mike Birbiglia

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The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times a year since Congress gave it broad new powers in 2008.

Jared Polis

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When a large financial institution is allowed to fail, you put in jeopardy hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.

Jose Angel Gurria

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I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.

Derek Bok

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Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

Delia Smith

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I just want to fit in and win games for my team.

Chris Webber

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I fervently believe in research as a necessity for good design, and I teach it that way.

Brenda Laurel

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One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work.

Claudia Black

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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.

Shel Silverstein

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