Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Never. The shot is too big for the cannon.
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I get called all these horrible names by Lindsey Graham, who I don't even know.
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As we began to read more and more journals of men who had been in the Civil War and then been in the Indian Wars, we realized there was a whole universe of men whose souls had been shattered, whose lives had been utterly destroyed by what they had to do.
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Among the most striking things that I have learned is how much we have in common. I’ve sat down with people everywhere, discussing what was in their hearts and on their minds. And it doesn’t take long to find commonality, which is often overlooked, ignored, dismissed, and rejected otherwise.
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The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.
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People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.