Jennifer Egan Quotes
I should say, I don't write about myself or my life. So for me, in fiction, it's always been about what I can dream up, that feels far away from me.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before the show and just cruise.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Senator Badger did not call. During the whole of the last session of Congress, he did not call on me. He is a bitter partisan and is no doubt sensible that during the presidential canvass of 1844, he did me gross injustice.
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Mentorship is an incredibly huge responsibility. And you need to choose your mentors carefully, just like mentors choose their apprentices carefully. There has to be trust there, on a very deep level.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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If you don't change with the times, the times are going to change you.
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You can't help but just be aware that things might not always be as good as they are, because people's feelings about others can turn on a dime.
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I should say, I don't write about myself or my life. So for me, in fiction, it's always been about what I can dream up, that feels far away from me.
