Jennifer Egan Quotes
I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and an intellectual question.
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A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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Jason Momoa became a really good friend of ours when he played Khal Drogo. We loved hanging out with Momoa, and suddenly we couldn't bring him to Belfast anymore.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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I also found being called Sir rather silly.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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I have only one real hobby - my husband.
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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.
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Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.
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The most I can hope for is to die in a pose that confuses future archaeologists.
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If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
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I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and an intellectual question.
