John D'Agata Quotes
I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.
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If we all band together against extremism and spend a few minutes a day using tools that have been proven to work, we can make a big difference in defending those values we share as Americans.
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I'm a Reuben kinda girl, but I'll take a BLT with avocado in a red hot minute if it comes on ciabatta.
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We anticipate countries increasing their spending on infrastructure like railways, airports, power plants and ports. Our heavy forging plant has the capacity to cater to each of these segments.
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I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much.
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Somewhere, in some city in America, someone is wearing my clothes, and I'm happy with that.
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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
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My life was pretty rough.
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The FA Cup is something we want to win, but when you play for Chelsea, it is not something you think about a lot because you want to win every game.
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I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them.
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complete political and military control of the Russian side.
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God doesn't promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity.
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To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity]. There are so many chefs out there, and so if you were to say, "The dude who used to host Man V. Food is doing pairing for Jim Beam," you'd say, "Okay, that's kind of conceivable." If you're talking about the dude from Man V. Food is doing pairings for fine wine, then I think people might not necessarily anticipate that.
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As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I admire, and that is that he wants his art to be part of what makes and changes public policy and cultural practice.
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I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment.
