Jennifer Egan Quotes
I wasn't a kid who wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor. I was kind of morbid. I was really into the body and how it could go wrong. I wanted to dig up bodies from the graveyard.
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture.
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The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat.
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Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.
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Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
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I wasn't a kid who wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor. I was kind of morbid. I was really into the body and how it could go wrong. I wanted to dig up bodies from the graveyard.
