Elizabeth McCracken Quotes
Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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When I fell for Johnny Galecki, we both knew immediately that we had this connection, and that was it.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.
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The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.
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There's a need to reform Medicare, but not a need to cut a half trillion dollars out of Medicare.
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Writing is what we do. What else could I want in a life partner than someone who knows and shares what I do?
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Every brilliant book I read is an influence and an inspiration. As is every brilliant movie I watch and every brilliant box set.
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Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories.
