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E. L. Doctorow Quotes

People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Direction Go Kind Out Ivy

I will say, in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and physical maladies, you have to lay all this out there before you know anybody's story.

Jennifer Gilmore

Choices Story You Know Say Will

When I had my first child, I didn't write for a year, and I felt when I tried to start again I might actually not be able to do it anymore. I really could not do it well, and I felt out of sorts with it.

Child Start Year First Child First

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put my house up as collateral, I invested the liquid money I had and two years of my time to get it over, but that's really not much of a risk for what the potential reward was if it worked.

John Hickenlooper

Time Money Risks Me Potential House

It's OK to have nice things happen to you - you should embrace that.

You Things Happen Nice Embrace OK

To really disrupt a big market, you have to look at the marketplace from a long-term perspective. You have to move very fast but knowing that disruptive solutions just take time to build.

Time Perspective You Look Fast Big

Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts.

Business Opportunity Problem Cost

I lived in New York for a long time. Right after college I went there. So I got my first cell phone in New York. Back when you would flip the phone up. Way back when.

Stephanie Beatriz

Time New York College Cell Phone You

One of my favorite workouts to do with my girlfriends is yoga. We are equally impatient with our yoga. We are those people who are sweating in the back, and we'll be in downward dog giggling and looking at each other. And I know what we're all thinking: What are we going to order for dinner afterward?

Dog People Dinner Looking Thinking

For every profanity, there's a story behind it. People should go beyond my cussing.

Rodrigo Duterte

People Story Go Beyond Profanity

I don't think that I've had a career like anyone else's, but there are hosts and hosts of actors whose careers I admire.

Think Career Admire Whose Like Else

I look forward to doing everything, whether appearing on TV or walking the dog.

Dog Forward Walking Doing Look TV

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

Purpose Appreciate Back Practical

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