E. L. Konigsburg Quotes
Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
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I want to help people; that's it.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.
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I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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Evangelical Christian politicians who cheat often raise questions about hypocrisy, especially if they preached piety in public and disregarded it in private. When Jewish politicians fall, they shatter different expectations, particularly that American Jews need to work together to preserve respectability and fireproof against anti-Semitism.
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And a quick glance in the mirror turns out to be a mistake. Oh God, is that my face?
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Chess is only a recreation and not an occupation.
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If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; could our minds be made visible we should find them tailed.
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Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.
