Telephoning Vocabulary Quotes

#1. You don't really have to believe what you write in a blog for more than the moment when you're writing it. You don't bring the same solemnity that you would bring to an actual essay.

Nora Ephron

#2. I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I don't get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.

Patricia MacLachlan

#3. The U.S. government officials lie when they talk about human rights. They're a bunch of hypocrites and liars.
You can't take it seriously.

Eqbal Ahmad

#4. We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us

John Boyne

#5. I think Paul Newman had an amazing career. I also love what Tom Hanks has done. He has always made very grounded movies that have something to say. He has found a way to make blockbusters that are about something and that is what I want to do.

Josh Duhamel

#6. When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously.

David Amram