Elizabeth Strout Quotes
I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many generations of New Englanders, and so, in my writing, I've been drawn back there to the landscape and the light and the type of personality that's revealed.
Quotes to Explore
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Apple's advantage is that it designs and builds software together, so if the software isn't excellent, it does the superlative hardware a disservice.
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I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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Mo'Nique is so full of love. I've been describing her as the tree in 'Pocahontas.' She's so wise and loving. She is just everything.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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I love people, and the hustle.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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I don't really remember much about Kosovo. I only remember growing up in London, where my parents had to basically start from scratch.
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The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.
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Make the most of what you have and enjoy being female; enjoy being YOU.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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In my mind, scatological writing is a core of the English canon.
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I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many generations of New Englanders, and so, in my writing, I've been drawn back there to the landscape and the light and the type of personality that's revealed.
