February 2012
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That creaky shuddering vibration that could be felt faintly but deeply and all...
– Frank Portman, Andromeda Klein
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You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Taken them to a...
– Patrice, An Object Of Beauty
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It is true I am sensitive to the ‘life vibration’ of those I feed...
– Sita, The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood
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I once sent her a text message from a number she wouldn’t recognize that...
– Esther, The Fallback Plan
January 2012
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I have a confession to make. Even though you forgave me for the affair I had...
– Michael Ian Black, My Custom Van
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But how can you expropriate an aesthetic?
– Vera, The Hall Of The Singing Caryatids
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On watch that night a voice came over the ship-to-ship radio: ‘To all...
– John Moynihan, The Voyage Of The Rose City
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You know what they say—sleep is the mother’s drug of choice, but like...
– Paige, Blueprints For Building Better Girls
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I have it, you don’t.
– Joe Bortz on collecting
December 2011
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I don’t know, Anna. I don’t think this is what I’m supposed to...
– Oliver, Beginners
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The Waldorf Panels On Sculpture (1965)
Reuben Kadish: Deep pleasure is becoming more human than before, and that is what a work of art does to you. And love, you discover, does that too. You cannot look at Courbet and go away an unchanged person. That is what Courbet does to me.
Herbert Ferber: My God, I'm amazed to hear you talk about history.
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There’s little I enjoy more than sitting on the olive sofa in my study...
– Philip Schultz, My Dyslexia
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November 2011
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…I smoke like a fish…
– Derek, American Horror Story
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I’d drunk so much the plants and bushes around me seemed pulsing with...
– Unnamed, True Things About Me
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I’d like to buy this ax. And some licorice.
– Mona, An Invisible Sign Of My Own
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From here they had a clear view of Waikiki Beach, that famous strip of sand...
– David, Mr. Peanut
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October 2011
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Well, I don’t want to be accused of micro-managing, but I cannot...
– Linton, In The Loop
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When I wore jean shorts, people said it wasn’t good for tennis, it was bad...
– Andre Agassi
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The best kind of story is the one with a happy ending; the next best is the one...
– A.J., Changing Places
September 2011
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I watched so much TV I killed it.
– Hannah, Mr. Peanut
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She’s vegetarian except when it comes to sex.
– ABC, Unzip
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She’s not about whips and chains at all. She was very romantic, very sexy,...
– Robert Van Winkle (AKA Vanilla Ice) on dating Madonna
August 2011
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Kenneth had said that unshaved necks made a guy look like a convict, so I...
– David Ellis Dickerson, House Of Cards
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July 2011
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Her face was fragile and mischievous, pale enough to absorb hues from the world...
– Jennifer Egan, A Visit From The Goon Squad
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Women & Women First
Steve: I'll give you fifteen for it.
Carrie: This is not a back alley, hooker/pimp transaction.
Steve: Do I look like a pimp to you? I'm not...
Carrie: When a man pulls out money, away from a register, I have to wonder.
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Has it ever occurred to you that part of being a parent is trying to kill your...
– Arnie, Christine
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When he gets loudly, it gets very loud indeed.
– Steve Coogan, The Trip
June 2011
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I myself thought that she either had an incredibly subtle deadpan sense of humor...
– Lily, The Basic Eight
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Comrade Dovlatov, your trousers ruin the festive mood of our area.
– Sergei Dovlatov, The Suitcase