Richard Ford
Richard Ford
Richard Fordis an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank with You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1944
CityJackson, MS
CountryUnited States of America
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For a writer, children make life needlessly hard. I've muddled through a lot of things, but I have not muddled through my writing life. I work absolutely flat out, giving it my all.
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There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.
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Literature has as one of its principal allures that it tells you something about life that life itself can't tell you. I just thought literature is a thing that human beings do.
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Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.
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Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together.
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The pace of life feels morally dangerous to me.
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The consumer has been out there spending pretty aggressively for some time. I think a reasonable case can be made that we will see growth through the end of the year. There may be some moderation, but the consumer doesn't shift gears on a dime.
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It was my hope that the defendant had learned that he had a responsibility to obey the law, ... It is obvious that the lesson was lost on the defendant.
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It's time to cost these out and see what it would take to make this happen.
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slow, drawn-out affairs, taking an average of three years to play out.
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These arrest warrants are only a first step. If the warrants are to mean anything, governments must act now to arrest the accused.
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This is not what you ordered, ... This is not what the law requires.
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Dear Dick, you will be missed. You served our nation with distinction and honor, ... You have left a positive mark on our government.
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Apple has a strong desire to be a major player in the home, but they haven't played their cards yet. They have been very careful to bring together a value proposition that's consistent with everything else that they do, which is easy to use and integrated.