Joan Didion Quotes
Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful.
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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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I love to push myself.
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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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There are people who are always, I think, going to remain people of the book, to use another author's title, but people of the book, who really must be around.
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I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I remember sitting at graduation with all these classmates getting nostalgic and emotional already and all I could think was, "Get me out of here. I never want to see you people again." So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].
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I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.
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Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful.
