Deborah Eisenberg Quotes
I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.
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Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even though books get sold, and I get advances, I get to look at society and think for a living.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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I was very young during 'Chachi 420' and don't remember much now.
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The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet. There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about. I would love to check out the bottom of the ocean to see what's going on down there.
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Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans.
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I describe myself as someone who was always putting on a show, even when I was a little girl. I wanted to be an actress but I liked organizing everybody and putting on plays. I was a producer.
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you want is not a sceptre, but a hoe. The prophet does not rise to reign, but to root out the weeds.
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Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
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Well, I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.
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The power of the ADA is that it ended up changing my life long before I ever imagined it would.
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It is very true that D.C. often operates in the land of caricature.
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The idea is not enough. And the most annoying thing for me as a writer is that people will come up to me and say, 'Hey, I've got a great idea for a book. I'm not a writer, but I've got a great story.'
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I need to complete my homework on time.
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I met Kim Kardashian the other week, and she knew who I was! I walked in the room, and she was like, 'I should text Kanye saying you're here; he showed me your music.' It's really hard to digest. Also, I don't think you should digest stuff like that.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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An imposing wall prominently divides the visions of President Obama and congressional Republicans when it comes to economic growth and creating jobs. Solyndra is on one side and the Keystone pipeline is on the other.
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Because my husband, Peter, died young, I've already faced the scariest thing in my life. Now I live out the dreams for both of us.
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The goal when you get into a relationship is not to be out of the relationship. It's to try to stay in the relationship. But if it doesn't work, you can't force those things.
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Thank God we're going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces.
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The gym was my only refuge. I could put music on and dance around with my girlfriends and be silly.
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I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.
