Jennifer Egan Quotes
Comparison is painful. Don't be cowed by other people's pretty pictures. When you feel unimpressive, or irrelevant, that has nothing to do with what you're actually capable of.Jennifer Egan
Quotes to Explore
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
Victoria Pratt -
Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
Larry David -
Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
Kate Middleton -
Musical theater is one of my passions.
Patrick Wilson -
I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
Taylor Lautner
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
Kate Bosworth -
We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
Harrison Ford -
My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
Abbas Kiarostami -
She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
Iggy Pop -
Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
Patrick Kavanagh -
Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
Warren Moon
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A woman should have the right to carry a gun.
Vicky Hartzler -
To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
Rafael Correa -
Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
Edna Ferber -
A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
Xavier Niel -
People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.
Fiona Shaw -
Like every actress, I, too, had movies that got stuck, but I have learnt to always look at the best in every situation and to give my best to every situation.
Yami Gautam
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Science has discovered much. The engineering is wonderful, epicycles and all. And yet, as we look at this vast, elaborate structure built on layer and layer of complex constituents, can we help but be reminded of the Land of Oz. Have we found the Emerald City? Is this what we were searching for? Is this the ultimate fabric of reality? Is this all there is?
Walker Evans -
I've been playing the drums since age nine.
Bill Berry R.E.M. -
I play every show like it's my last. Fortunately, that's never turned out to be the case.
Gregg Allman -
It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.
James Iha The Smashing Pumpkins -
I'm drawn toward filmmakers who have a very distinctive voice. I really appreciate people who push themselves and, therefore, push the medium forward.
Bryce Dallas Howard -
Comparison is painful. Don't be cowed by other people's pretty pictures. When you feel unimpressive, or irrelevant, that has nothing to do with what you're actually capable of.
Jennifer Egan