Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes
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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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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
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My father was one of ten children.
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I'm so lucky because I get to have all of these memories. I can have all of those pictures and different sorts of films and stuff. Some people have only one photo, and I'm really glad that I have all of that.
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A Negro girl could never be purely innocent. The vengeful Race Fairy always lurked nearby; your parents' best hope was that the fairy would show up at someone else's feast and punish their child. Parents had to protect themselves, too, and protect you from knowing how much danger you all were in.
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It's embarrassing, isn't it? It took me 15 years to make an 18-minute movie.
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People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.
