James Bernard Frost Quotes
I first became familiar with Dave Eggers's work when I was living in San Francisco and enrolled at USF's MFA Program.
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I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
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It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.
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I'm not a good rapper. For whatever reason, my brain does not work that way. I just do the beginning, like, 'Yeah, yeah! Ha ha! Woo! What up? Come on! Get at me!' I'm Captain Hook.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
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When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'
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Military is a great place for a jock. That's the first thing they test you, they test you physically. If you can run, if you can do the pushups, it's not as hard a transition. If you can't do that, you're going to have a problem because they're going to really work it out of you or work it into you.
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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
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We need a more strategic, coordinated, statewide plan that identifies high-demand jobs or industries with a projected under-supply and offer training to get these Oregonians to work.
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When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn't work, that's all.
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Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
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You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
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I tell people all the time, 'Don't be fooled, because I am a man by day.'
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I first became familiar with Dave Eggers's work when I was living in San Francisco and enrolled at USF's MFA Program.
