Mario Vargas Llosa The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year. You can’t imagine the pressure to give interviews, to go to book fairs. – Mario Vargas Llosa Book Quotes Fairs Quotes Fairytale Quotes Imagine Quotes Interviews Quotes Nightmare Quotes Nobel Quotes Pressure Quotes Prize Quotes Week Quotes Part of the reasons I have lived the life I have is because I wanted to have an adventurous life. But my best adventures are more literary than political. In fiction, you are not limited by real facts. You can manipulate reality; you can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history.
Derek BokEducationKnowledge For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a liberal arts education works in subtle ways to create a web of knowledge that will illumine problems and enlighten judgment on innumerable occasions in later life. – Derek Bok
Joe Bonamassa When you’re 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and – for lack of a better word – white, and you’re playing blues, you get a lot of press. – Joe Bonamassa
Catherine Reitman There’s so much dishonesty with motherhood in general… The truth is it’s just a lot of embarrassing, humiliating moments. – Catherine Reitman
Michael Cimino I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you’re watching a movie. – Michael Cimino
Dean Cain I wasn’t banned from skiing but didn’t go much in college because I couldn’t afford it, and there just wasn’t the time. I played football all winter, then in summer I did track and field and played volleyball. – Dean Cain
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