Francine Prose Quotes
Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some kind of self-help manual. In fact, the important thing is the way the writer uses the language.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
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I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
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A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.
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There is no original truth, only original error.
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I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.
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Many support what I am doing.
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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I felt the call to this industry because I enjoy broadcast journalism. I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers; I like reading the blogs. I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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Well it's not easy being Tiger Woods on the course. It's not easy being Tiger Woods off the course. In his defense, it's not easy being Tiger Woods.
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The few emerging economies that have avoided booms and busts have done so by adhering to sound policy frameworks.
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I personally adore the festival of Dussehra, as its a celebration of our culture and mythological legacy. I celebrate, almost, all my festivals with Life OK, be it Holi or Diwali or Dussehra. It's like a festive home for me.
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Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some kind of self-help manual. In fact, the important thing is the way the writer uses the language.
