Jennifer Egan Quotes
I'm just interested in serialization in fiction. I'm fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I'm interested in ways to bring that back to fiction.Jennifer Egan
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I find that men are far more vain than women.
Patricia Arquette -
Montenegro belongs to a rare number of countries that have managed to make progress on every internationally recognisable indicator.
Igor Luksic -
In the works of Duchamp, space begins to walk and take on form; it becomes a machine that spins arguments and philosophizes; it resists movement with delay and delay with irony.
Octavio Paz -
Responsible statesmen have only one choice - to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. Any other position is short-sighted; more so, it is suicidal.
Yuri Andropov -
I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don't agree with them.
Taylor Momsen -
Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.
Paget Brewster
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For me, I've always wanted to be a nun. I mean, I think about what it's like to be a nun. And I've always been fascinated with nuns, and I have a nun collection, I've been collecting nuns for 20 years. And I have a song that I wrote, 'I Wanna Be a Nun,' when I was 25.
Kate Micucci -
Also at the top of the list was my three day appearance on 'Press Your Luck'. In addition to the intense competition of each of those games, it slowly started to dawn on me in the minutes between tapings that I was winning some serious money.
Randy West -
As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GOP for my outspoken criticism of their extremist attacks on public education and voting rights, to name just two examples.
Wendy Davis -
The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
Barton Gellman -
Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.
Abraham Lincoln -
Developing compassion for Congress and politicians is a good way to begin practicing the new social activism if you want to make effective changes in the world. Perhaps the most startling new insight of all is that there is no other way to effectively change the world.
Gary Zukav
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund Burke -
My job is to inspire the people, to be on top of my game and push my culture forward.
Wale -
A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go on but faith, a student nothing to offer in return but testimony.
Wendell Berry -
If neither love nor pain Will ever touch thy heart, Then only God's in thee, And then in God thou art
Angelus Silesius -
'What is the secret of your serenity? Said the Master 'Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.'
Anthony de Mello -
Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.
Dean Koontz
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The first couple shows I did by myself, I was looking around wondering where the rest of my band was.
Lindsey Buckingham -
If you're presented with choices that steer you toward your worst instincts, that's what you'll choose. If I'm presented with Snickers bars, I won't necessarily seek out kale.
Franklin Foer -
Together we are called to ask, What does it mean to be followers of Christ in our local community? In what ways do our values and beliefs shape how we live out the gospel and its implications in our cultural context? How can we best communicate the hope and truth in Jesus’ Kingdom to our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family?
Ed Stetzer -
I need both to feel good: the energy of the city and the quietness of the country.
Charlotte Casiraghi -
Creative activity is one of the few self rewarding activities. Being creative is like being in love!
Woodie Flowers -
I'm just interested in serialization in fiction. I'm fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I'm interested in ways to bring that back to fiction.
Jennifer Egan