Jennifer Egan Quotes
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I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things this scientific process allows me to do is make the audience look differently at dance.
Wayne McGregor -
But in action, one defies one's character.
Daniel Bell -
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
Zooey Deschanel -
I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I'm just happy that people have recognised me as leading man material.
Randeep Hooda
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Whenever you're writing something that's reflective, you have to put yourself through some sort of ordeal just to understand the way you're feeling.
Damon Albarn Gorillaz -
I have friends who are Roman Catholics. I have friends who are Lutherans.
Pat Robertson -
I know how to stand up for myself. I say no when I want to, yes when I want to, and no one can really change my mind.
Kaley Cuoco -
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Around here, ma’am, if folks got they mouth open, if they ain’t eating then they lying.
Orson Scott Card -
The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.
H. L. Mencken
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
John D. Rockefeller -
The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world.
Agatha Christie -
It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.
Win Butler -
Like pretty much every short story writer, I submitted to every market under the sun and hoped for the best. The rejection letters I've collected over the years can probably make a book of their own.
Ken Liu -
Too many younger people seem to prefer following celebrities instead of doing the work required to get an education that will someday lead to a job. If students today spent as much time on math and science and history as they do following these shallow celebrities, they might actually become contributors to society someday.
Bob Beckel -
I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.
Jake Gyllenhaal
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I just wear very nice pyjamas. When I'm at home, I love to watch movies and relax because when I'm modeling, I'm always travelling. When I'm not working I don't put much make up, but I do love nail polish for that little bit of fun colour.
Liu Wen -
The England I write about doesn't strike me as the real one.
Martha Grimes -
Look at Fukushima. Should we or should we not agree with the U.S. government that none of that radioactive energy is making its way here? Hello!
Marianne Williamson -
Young people encounter great challenges at the beginning of their careers.
Alain Dehaze -
I think playing the glamour card is a disastrous error as a literary writer.
Jennifer Egan