Jeff Giles Quotes
I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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I was a teenage girl once. I was not an overweight teenage girl, but I had really bad acne when I was 11 or 12 years old. It was heart-rending, and people made fun of me. People whispered when I walked by in the hallways, and I was sure they were whispering about me. My adult perspective is maybe they weren't.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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I was an only child, so I was very demanding. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I wasn't very pleasant.
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People who barely know the two of you assume you are close friends; people who know both of you intimately suspect you profoundly hate each other.
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I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.
