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Them Quotes by Garrison Keillor
- I don't want them to be told to remember me.
- That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed…
- You learn this great lesson of life: it's not about me. It's just not. The matter of talent-which seemed so important to you when you…
- Life is continuous. Life never stops. We come to the really great questions and before we can answer them, life has moved on to something…
- A compassionate conservative is someone who electrocutes juveniles but lets them have a last 'make a wish'.
- A person does feel sheepish picking on journalists, a class already so richly despised that if a planeload of them crashed in flames, most people…
- This is Democratic bedrock: we don't let people lie in the ditch and drive past and pretend not to see them dying. Here on the…
- We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just put the words…
- Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what…
- The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers,…
- A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table - There's nothing wrong with them, but it's hard to…
- The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for…
- If you lived today as if it were your last, you'd buy up a box of rockets and fire them all off, wouldn't you?
- My generation was secretive, brooding, ambitious, show-offy, and this generation is congenial. Totally. I imagine them walking around with GPS chips that notify them when…
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster