"It is something I recognise in myself. I……" — Jon McGregor
"It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot."
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21 Quotes by Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor has 21 quotes on this site.
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If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?
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Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.
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Everybodys got their own situation and their own needs.
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I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought…
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Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.
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It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of…
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People seem to be losing their sense of boundaries more and more, what people are willing to put up on…
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You must always look with both of your eyes and listen with both of your ears. He says this is…
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If you listen, you can hear it. The city, it sings. If you stand quietly, at the foot of a…
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I say too much of what, he says too much of everything, too much stuff, too many places, too much…
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He thinks about her, at this moment, in her house, a few thin walls away, packing her life into boxes…
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She wonders if you can feel nostalgic for something before it's in the past, she wonders if perhaps her vocabulary…
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More Eavesdrop Quotes
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one of 28 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.
— Lynda Barry
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If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go…
— Lynda Barry
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The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a…
— Sherrod Brown
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It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.
— Walker Evans
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Technology is not a panacea. I refuse to work on technology to track users, analyze usage patterns, watermark information, censor,…
— Bram Cohen
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If you could eavesdrop on everything said about you, you'd spend most of your time waiting for the subject to…
— Robert Breault
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I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.
— Elayne Boosler
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A journalist is basically a chronicler, not an interpreter of events. Where else in society do you have the license…
— Bill Moyers
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I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations…
— Meg Cabot
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I go to bars and restaurants, and I sit and I eavesdrop on people and I watch people in shopping…
— Janet Evanovich
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
— Walker Evans
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Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing…
— Mindy Kaling
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