Jennifer Egan Quotes
I love working with genre. And to me, the Victorian novel is the flourishing ancestor I'm always trying to access when I write.
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It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
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Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
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Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'
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Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.
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I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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One of the things we found out as we filmed with people who dealt with chimps, and with all animals, and it's really incredible, is their levels of intelligence that we don't recognize right away.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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Everyone talks about the big three-oh with dread - but it's exciting. It feels like life is much more put together. Everyone's like, 'Wouldn't you like to be 20 again?' But no way.
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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I miss the days when girls would wear full long dresses and just stand onstage and sing. That's what I'm trying to bring back: that timeless element. I want to create music that people will be listening to in fifty years, you know?
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I used comedy to deflect a lot of situations; if you make someone laugh, they don't want to punch you in the face.
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'Coriolanus' deals with the birth of democracy. And that has been fascinating because I've been talking about politics so much because of 'Borgen.' It's a nice bridge.
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
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The natural tendency of all human behavior is toward the path of least resistance. When you resist this tendency, you become stronger and more powerful.
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I love working with genre. And to me, the Victorian novel is the flourishing ancestor I'm always trying to access when I write.
