Jennifer Egan Quotes
When I think about a book like 'A Clockwork Orange,' which I really loved, the weird hybrid language is what I remember most.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I am glad that Wimbledon is my last slam. I love the atmosphere and courts of SW19, and it is an addiction, which I will find tough to give up.
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Oakland kids are always the best.
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When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Religion is the opium of the masses.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
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It should be if you're a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to release the prettiest guy, but that doesn't mean they're the best artist. Most of the time the true artists are just normal old dudes.
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The average investor's return is significantly lower than market indices due primarily to market timing.
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I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor was the way of letting the audience in. I've gotten a hard time about it, but I love to be funny onstage.
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Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book is permanent; it is an object in your field of vision. It speaks to you with a monotonous authority which even its author would not have. You are fairly obliged to read what is written.
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I don't see myself as being a heart-throb at all.
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When I think about a book like 'A Clockwork Orange,' which I really loved, the weird hybrid language is what I remember most.
