Jennifer Egan Quotes

I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.

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• They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.

  

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• I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.

  

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• Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.

  

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• Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of this matters without them. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I don't know where I would be, honestly.

  

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• Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.

  

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• Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.

  

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• With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.

  

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• I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives.

  

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• The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.

  

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• Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.

  

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• But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

  

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• One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

  

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• Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.

  

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• As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.

  

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• I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.

  

  Jennifer Egan
  • Pretty
  • Band
  • Rock