Amy Bloom My father would have been spectacularly ill-suited to working for an institution of any kind, and I suspect that, to a lesser degree, that’s true of me, too. – Amy Bloom Degree Quotes Father Quotes Illsuited Quotes Institution Quotes Lesser Quotes Spectacularly Quotes Suspect Quotes TRUE Quotes Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things. My sister and I used to act as maids and waitresses at my great aunt and uncle’s cocktail parties, which were very much sort of retired, minor stars of the Yiddish theater and the Yiddish opera.
Chellie Pingree I’m always amazed how many politicians have a very unlikely story, and when I talk to groups of students, I remind them that not everybody who gets into politics is a lawyer or went to school to study it. We all come to it for different reasons. – Chellie Pingree
John Oates I couldn’t begin to name names… in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet… and some of the nicest as well. – John Oates
ArchitectureMartin Filler Truly great architecture always transcends its stated function, sometimes in unanticipated ways. – Martin Filler
Miguel Zenon I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I moved to the States when I was 19. I was very impressed early on by being around people who spoke my language and ate the same food and listened to the same music, dressed the same. But then you look around and, you know, you’re not in Puerto Rico. – Miguel Zenon
Cyril Connolly The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. – Cyril Connolly
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