Amy Bloom My grandmother tended to divide life into ‘nice’ and ‘not so nice.’ Life in America, her apartment, her grandchildren: ‘nice’; life before 1915: ‘not so nice.’ That’s all I heard. – Amy Bloom America Quotes Apartment Quotes Divide Quotes Grandchildren Quotes Grandmother Quotes Heard Quotes Life Quotes Nice Quotes Tended Quotes I was the kind of reader in smudged pink harlequin glasses sitting on the cool, dusty floor of the Arrandale public library, standing at the edge of the playground, having broken a tooth in dodge ball, and lying under my covers with a flashlight. It took me a while to understand the meaning of a franchise: the reasons why you see lawyer, doctor, cop shows. It’s not because anyone in their right mind says, ‘You know, what’s the most fascinating thing in the world?’ It’s because you need something new that happens every week in a frame.
Melanie Martinez It’s really hard for me to finish a song unless I have a strong visual in my head while I’m writing it. – Melanie Martinez
Matt Gaetz The Green Real Deal rejects regulation as the driving force of reform and instead unlocks the unlimited potential of American innovation and ingenuity. – Matt Gaetz
Lorna Luft The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks. – Lorna Luft
Jesse Plemons I’m open to all religions. Respecting Scientology is just like respecting any other religious view. – Jesse Plemons
Talib Kweli I’m not looking to set a standard… but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work. – Talib Kweli
John Darnielle Wrestling is like any form of drama or pretty much any form of entertainment – some people understand this about forms of entertainment really intuitively when they’re younger, and others would have to be really not very intelligent for a long time until we realize that every human mood is an art. – John Darnielle
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