John D'Agata Quotes
It's almost impossible that an argument would naturally form the kind of arch that it does in 'Lifespan'. So, the conversation is constructed.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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There is nothing deeper than to work for a year with the same artist.
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I ain't never nervous. Never nervous.
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Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
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I wrote my first play when I was eight.
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
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In any society, there will be the whole spectrum of views. You will get the extremists on the far right and also the far left.
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My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely.
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.
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It's a confidence booster for me to be known as a female who can take on any action, which is nice, to have that reputation, because then people know that when they hire me, I can actually do the physical stuff.
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Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
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The critic does not pass judgment on the work; rather, art itself passes judgment, either by taking up the work in the medium of criticism or by rejecting it and thereby appraising it as beneath all criticism.
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Thea: Didja make your quota, Lois?Lois: Yup. Kissed a woman from every state in the union. Rhode Island was a drag queen, though. Do you think that counts?
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I have dated all races and I believe you should be free to do whatever you want.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I was playing the piano when I was three, writing songs when I was ten. I had a lot of experience before I got to college. I knew I wanted to be a singer, so anyone who met me, I didn't let too much time pass before I showed my talent.
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The strong bond of sisterhood was a famous trait in classical art and literature about Amazons. But it was modern people who interpreted that as a sexual preference for women. That started in the 20th century. The Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva declared that Amazons were symbolic of lesbianism in antiquity.
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I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful.
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It's almost impossible that an argument would naturally form the kind of arch that it does in 'Lifespan'. So, the conversation is constructed.
