Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes
Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.'
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I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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I would love to work with Matt Damon.
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I have moments of weakness, but mostly I brush the criticism off... Who cares if I'm not a size zero? I don't want to be. I love my body; I'm healthy, I work out.
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It is important to work. It is important for my mind.
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It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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Then, as if that's not enough, then they declare that my wife is Jewish or Serbian. Luckily for me, she never was either, although many wives are. And so on and so forth spreading lies.
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Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.
