Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes
The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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There ought to be more grants that go to people in their late twenties and early thirties. That's a crucial age, although it's very hard to judge who is worth supporting and who is not. Looking back on my own life, I see that was the period when I was closest to giving up as a novelist and when I most needed some encouragement.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.
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I had written in another draft a completely different kind of fight, but they said they couldn't afford to shoot it. They needed a fight scene, though, so I was told to put a fight scene in, but not the one I had written.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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I'd like to get into some sort of workout regimen so I can properly be healthy and exercise like a normal human being. I seem to not do that... ever.
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Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.
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My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.
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My dad told me something long before I was in politics, and when your dad gives you advice every single day, eventually one or two of the things stick in your mind. And he said, don't believe what people say, believe what they do.
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The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.
