Jennifer Egan Quotes
It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction.
Jennifer Egan
Quotes to Explore
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
Valerie Plame
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
Rachael Harris
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
Hans Vestberg
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
Van Morrison
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Originally, I was against gay marriage because I was opposed to all marriage, being an old-fashioned gay bohemian. The straight people I knew in the sixties were very much opposed to it. I was, too, and it was never a possibility for gays, but when I saw how opposed the Religious Right was to it, I thought it a fight worth fighting.
Edmund White
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
Natalia Makarova
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
E. W. Howe
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I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse. The art world is filled with vibrancy.
Rachel Kushner
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I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'
Taylor Momsen
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I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.
Sam Neill
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What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
Barry Diller
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
Edgar Allan Poe
