Jennifer Egan Quotes
I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
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I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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The weather records of the U.S.A. are the best kept and most accessible in the world, thanks to consistent government/military taxpayer support. There are longer European data sets, but the U.S.A. data is enough to forecast major extreme events.
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It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
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Anything negative, I have to let go because it's too toxic for me.
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I like to work.
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It's really indescribable. All the hard work you put in and all the sacrifices.
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I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!
