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I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been, But I'm me. God knows, I'm me Picture Quote #1

I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes Picture Quote #1

I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different Picture Quote #1

Confess: it's my profession that alarms you. This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don't go out of my way to be scary Picture Quote #1

If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress chewing up a mad scene, I do it in private and nobody sees but the bathroom mirror Picture Quote #1

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me Picture Quote #1

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To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask? Picture Quote #1

I get in this weird mood where I don't want to talk to anybody and just want to be left alone. I call this mood

(George H. W. Bush) won't take the lead in protecting the environment and creating new jobs in environmental technologies for the 21st century, but I will. And you know what else? He doesn't have Al Gore, and I do Picture Quote #1

I do not believe we can repair the basic fabric of society until people who are willing to work have work. Work organizes life. It gives structure and discipline to life Picture Quote #1

I do not mind if I lose my soul for all eternity. If the kind of God exists Who would damn me for not working out a deal with Him, then that is unfortunate. I should not care to spend eternity in the company of such a person Picture Quote #1

I love to read. That doesn't mean I don't have a life. It doesn't mean I'm a nerd. I only love the feeling that... even when you're back in reality you still feel like you're in a different world Picture Quote #1

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I tire so of hearing people say, let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread Picture Quote #1

I do not want no pretty woman. First thing you know, you fall in love with her - then you got to kill somebody about her. She'll make you so jealous, you'll bust! Picture Quote #1

Teach us all to do right, Lord, please, and to get along together with that atom bomb on this Earth - because I do not want it to fall on me - nor thee-nor anybody living. Amen! Picture Quote #1

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price Picture Quote #1

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives Picture Quote #1

In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. there seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink. I don't know who these people are but they're little pigs Picture Quote #1

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Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do Picture Quote #1

Don't fade away like everyone else has, I don't want to wake up one morning and realize that you're gone too Picture Quote #1

And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am Picture Quote #1

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works Picture Quote #1

You are a song, a dream, a whisper and I don’t know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have Picture Quote #1

I know it when I don't know it. Sometimes I know it when I don't think I know it. I need to trust myself in these moments, these rare moments of self-doubt Picture Quote #1

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Is it a coincidence that in 1998, Barack Obama talks about a majority coalition of welfare recipients and in 2012 we got a record number of Americans on food stamps while he's president? I don't think it's a coincidence Picture Quote #1

I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems Picture Quote #1

I have my work and my faith. If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care Picture Quote #1

My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either Picture Quote #1

There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something Picture Quote #1

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it Picture Quote #1

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I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been, But I'm me. God knows, I'm me (I Do Quotes) I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes (I Do Quotes) I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different (I Do Quotes) Confess: it's my profession that alarms you. This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don't go out of my way to be scary (I Do Quotes) If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress chewing up a mad scene, I do it in private and nobody sees but the bathroom mirror (I Do Quotes) Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me (I Do Quotes) To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask? (I Do Quotes) I get in this weird mood where I don't want to talk to anybody and just want to be left alone. I call this mood "awake." (I Do Quotes) (George H. W. Bush) won't take the lead in protecting the environment and creating new jobs in environmental technologies for the 21st century, but I will. And you know what else? He doesn't have Al Gore, and I do (I Do Quotes) I do not believe we can repair the basic fabric of society until people who are willing to work have work. Work organizes life. It gives structure and discipline to life (I Do Quotes) I do not mind if I lose my soul for all eternity. If the kind of God exists Who would damn me for not working out a deal with Him, then that is unfortunate. I should not care to spend eternity in the company of such a person (I Do Quotes) I love to read. That doesn't mean I don't have a life. It doesn't mean I'm a nerd. I only love the feeling that... even when you're back in reality you still feel like you're in a different world (I Do Quotes) I tire so of hearing people say, let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread (I Do Quotes) I do not want no pretty woman. First thing you know, you fall in love with her - then you got to kill somebody about her. She'll make you so jealous, you'll bust! (I Do Quotes) Teach us all to do right, Lord, please, and to get along together with that atom bomb on this Earth - because I do not want it to fall on me - nor thee-nor anybody living. Amen! (I Do Quotes) I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price (I Do Quotes) I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives (I Do Quotes) In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. there seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink. I don't know who these people are but they're little pigs (I Do Quotes) Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do (I Do Quotes) Don't fade away like everyone else has, I don't want to wake up one morning and realize that you're gone too (I Do Quotes) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am (I Do Quotes) I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works (I Do Quotes) You are a song, a dream, a whisper and I don’t know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have (I Do Quotes) I know it when I don't know it. Sometimes I know it when I don't think I know it. I need to trust myself in these moments, these rare moments of self-doubt (I Do Quotes) Is it a coincidence that in 1998, Barack Obama talks about a majority coalition of welfare recipients and in 2012 we got a record number of Americans on food stamps while he's president? I don't think it's a coincidence (I Do Quotes) I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems (I Do Quotes) I have my work and my faith. If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care (I Do Quotes) My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either (I Do Quotes) There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something (I Do Quotes) I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it (I Do Quotes)

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