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.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
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I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
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I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
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I'm just happy that people have recognised me as leading man material.
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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.
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I have friends who are Roman Catholics. I have friends who are Lutherans.
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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.
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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Around here, ma’am, if folks got they mouth open, if they ain’t eating then they lying.
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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.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world.
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It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.
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You don't want to vilify your ego.
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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.
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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.
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Be, as you have been, my happiness;Let me sleep beside you, each night, like a spoon.
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I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians.
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There are many people like me who believe firmly, if somewhat incoherently, that pockets on this planet are filled with what humans have left behind them, both good and evil, and that any such spiritual accumulation can stay there forever, past definition of such a stern word.
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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
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I think playing the glamour card is a disastrous error as a literary writer.
