Donna Tartt Quotes
But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
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I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.
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The epitome of the human realm is to be stuck in a huge traffic jam of discursive thought.
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A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
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U.S. politicians are increasingly recognizing the relevance of the Hispanic vote in U.S. politics.
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But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work.
