Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes
The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer.Jean Hanff Korelitz
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
Katee Sackhoff -
Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
Napoleon Hill -
Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
Vicki Lawrence -
I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
Orlando Bloom -
There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
Lady Gaga -
It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
Washed Out
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
T. J. Miller -
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Irving Layton -
I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
Kacy Hill -
My daughter passed away in 2003.
Daniel Cormier -
When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
Bebe Rexha
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
La'Porsha Renae -
I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
V. S. Naipaul -
It may be that Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf were sitting around fretting about their Amazon reviews or their pre-pub whatever, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think that's how the work probably got made.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
Maluma -
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
Edith Hamilton -
If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.
P. J. O'Rourke
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More than a decade and half after 9/11, U.S. military actions in countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and several other Muslim nations are governed by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was passed in the days immediately after 9/11.
Peter Bergen -
For me, it's very interesting to take one object and really dissect it to as many layers as possible.
Christian Cota -
During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study.
John Dyer -
Slapped her then I asked her what's my name. She said N-I-C, the president of the N-Y-C.
Nicki Minaj -
A 'first meeting' is, by definition, a one-time opportunity, and there's no going back. Over the course of my career, I've been on both sides of inspiring first meetings that energized me for the next stage of a partnership and disappointing first meetings that left me uncertain about next steps.
Dinesh Paliwal -
The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer.
Jean Hanff Korelitz