Deborah Eisenberg Quotes
I would say the reason that I've never written a novel is because I've never written a novel.
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For us to stay competitive, we're transforming our services business to be reliable and flexible.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we're the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny.
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For everyone, 'Star Wars' has been a part of their lives in some capacity. I remember watching it very early on with my cousins and my brother, and we were all cuddled around the VHS player, which sounds very old-fashioned, but that was the way then.
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Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.
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I love England and I love English culture, particularly English pop culture.
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From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were - I have not seenAs others saw - I could not bringMy passions from a common spring - From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow - I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone - And all I lov'd - I lov'd alone -
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You've got your whole life to do something,And that's not very long.So why don't you give me a callWhen you're willing to fightFor what you think is real,For what you think is right.
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.
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There's no reason not to stand for this song, come on, if you stand we'll buy you all ice cream
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253. At the core of all well-founded belief, lies belief that is unfounded.
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The Confederacy was so entwined with the idea of preserving slavery that the flag, even today, can evoke racial polarization...
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In D&D, I love playing the first guy through the door - the guy with the battle-axe. 'Where are the bad guys? Just point me at 'em!'
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I know that I can beat everybody, and this is what also gives me a lot of confidence and motivation for going out there and playing with a lot of emotion.
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A lot of people talk about running for office, but what are you going to do when you get there? It's about service - and there aren't enough hours in the day.
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At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The extraordinary aesthetic of the natural world is not obvious to someone who never leaves the inner city. Appreciation of the elegance and power of physical law is an acquired taste.
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I do feel like the blogs that I follow share an aesthetic and draw a lot from '90s influences.
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Yoga changed my life. I go between 4 and 6 times a week. It's incredibly grounding and an intense level of focus.
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When the cops are trying to arrest you, if you fight back, things go wrong.
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Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.
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There's so much pressure on young people to go to university when they're 18 or 19, but actually, in the grand scheme of it, I don't think it matters to do it at that time.
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It is not manly to lie even about Satan.
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Great actors are so easy to direct. It's like they're big 747s that you just have to move left and right, and I don't really need to direct. I need to put them in the right costume, with the right haircut, in the right location, and with the right actor to act with. And then my job is almost done, with a great script, obviously.
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I would say the reason that I've never written a novel is because I've never written a novel.
