John D'Agata Quotes
By embracing a label such as 'non-fiction,' the creative writing community has signaled to the world that what goes on in this genre is at best utilitarian and at worst an utter mystery. We have segregated the genre from art.John D'Agata
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
Zac Brown Band -
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
Bebe Rexha -
I'm not the type of person that is forced.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
Samantha Power -
Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
Abbie Cornish -
I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
J. B. Smoove
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
Harry Caray -
I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
Larry Wilmore -
I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
Laura Osnes -
As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
Carl Hiaasen -
When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole -
I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
Patricia Polacco
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
Yuna -
The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
R. A. Salvatore -
Keratin can be very colorful, as we see in birds. We'd expect dinosaurs to be very colorful because they basically invented the characteristics we see in birds.
Jack Horner -
I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
Acker Bilk -
I've sung background for a couple of bands.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
Did you know that, pound for pound, the moose is the leanest ruminant on Earth? It's true. Moose are very in tune with their natural surroundings.
Mallory Ortberg
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For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
All you can do is do good work, and do the good work for the sake of doing the good work and your evolution as an artist. That's what's most important to me.
Audra McDonald -
This action also will meet a fundamental objective of the partners -- to share ownership benefits and responsibilities more broadly among all of the firm's employees.
Henry Paulson -
I was a little disappointed. They should have played more of those great songs from the first couple of albums.
Chris Smith -
By embracing a label such as 'non-fiction,' the creative writing community has signaled to the world that what goes on in this genre is at best utilitarian and at worst an utter mystery. We have segregated the genre from art.
John D'Agata