"I read an interview with Daniel Woodrell once where he said something like, basically, if people had said what they said to him in a bar instead of workshop, he would have punched them...and I finally understood that when in a class with my wife. Every time someone said something about her work, I wanted to climb across the table and stab them in the neck with my pen. And these were people I liked and respected."

-- Tod Goldberg

#Class Quotes #People Quotes #Wife Quotes

“I want to say a little something that's long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.”

Source : "Fictional character: MCA". "Beastie Boys: Video Anthology", www.imdb.com.
“I have to go back to vinyl every once in awhile, even if my kids don't want to hear it. I'm much more likely to be listening to Wilco or the Avett Brothers.”
“If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.”
“There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.”

Source : "Nuclear Reactions". "Omni" Magazine, May 1988.
“I never watched a frame of the film until it was finished.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries.”
“I would be lying if I said I cut out all dessert. When Im training, I try to satisfy those cravings with a slightly healthier dessert, like a piece of dark chocolate or whipped cream and strawberries. Those are two of my favorites!”
“The entire EU has labeling for GMOs, and is simply saying let's let consumers know what they're buying, let's let them choose. I think it's a huge mistake by the food manufacturers of America not to be saying let's let consumers know. Let's let them know, let them decide.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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