Jennifer Egan Quotes
You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be right.
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Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm.
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I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.
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It was once religion which threatened us with a last judgment at the end of days. It is now our tortured planet which predicts the arrival of such a day without any heavenly intervention.
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Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.
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I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan for those who are left behind. What does that do to the grieving process?
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If we are not free, no one will respect us.
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My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.
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I want to position my books as premium-priced versions on the reasonably-priced scale, if that makes sense, to find a sweet spot between the high-end of what my brand can support and the low end that results in impulse purchases and maximum sales volume.
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Every reality show plot pales in comparison to our history.
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StyleHaul will allow me more opportunities to express my point of view in the lifestyle and fashion space.
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I must have a drink of breakfast.
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I love being with my friends, relaxing and talking.
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I dubbed for 'Nannaku Prematho' because in that film, I was doing a London-based character, and even if some mistake happens with pronunciation, people would excuse it.
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I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn't have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.
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Even though Hayek, in my view, is the leading economic thinker of the 20th century who saw what must be the mainsprings of the extended order, Mises was the choice technician, and no one was better at articulating the primacy of the individual and the need to define and nurture individual rights.
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The so-called citizen journalism is the spewings and rantings of very drunk people late at night. It is fantastic at times but it is not going to replace journalism. … Most of the blogging is too angry and too abusive. Terrible things are said online because they are anonymous. People say things online that they wouldn't dream of saying in person.'
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Do you think it not lawful for me to teach women and why do you call me to teach the court?
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They hear like ocean on a western beachThe surge and thunder of the Odyssey.
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Was that, then, the way we do things? 'Not knowing'- was that the way the most profound things happened? ... Was the secret of never escaping from the greater life the secret of living like a sleepwalker?
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Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
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Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.
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Generate so much loving energy that people want to just come and hang out with you. And when they show up, bill them!
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You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be right.
