Deborah Eisenberg Quotes
One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.Deborah Eisenberg
Quotes to Explore
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
Basmah bint Saud -
Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
Tamera Mowry -
In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
Rachel Dratch -
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
Fanny Kemble -
I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
Kate Flannery -
I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
Zaha Hadid
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Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.
Maeve Binchy -
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
Imre Lakatos -
In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
Jackie Cooper -
A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
Rafael dos Anjos -
I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
Aaron Sorkin -
If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
Manoj Bhargava
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
Frances McDormand -
I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
Kacy Catanzaro -
I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
Carl Sandburg -
Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
Flula Borg -
One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn into a marathon. There's a couple of hit songs from almost every phase of my career. At the same time, visually, if you don't handle it properly, it could be a cacophony of craziness, because there's just so many different kinds of music.
Natalie Cole -
I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
Tamsin Egerton
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The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago.
E. O. Wilson -
One of the most incredible and important things about the theater is that we're creating a safe space for all feelings, but especially, ugly feelings.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins -
If you laugh, we just do another take. Laughter is too rare nowadays. If you can bust a gut, let it go, and we'll just go back to one.
Jason Bateman -
I believe in immigration. But I feel people think it would be better if there was an Australian-style points based system so we could actually get a good system.
Boris Johnson -
I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something else: a collection of short stories, or writing about something other than high school. A lot has happened to me since I was eighteen.
Sarah Dessen -
One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.
Deborah Eisenberg