Esther Renay Dean (Ester Dean) Quotes
Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.
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You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Well it was sent to me, well because almost everything that is written in Baltimore is sent to me. And David Simon, who was a writer for the Baltimore Sun, spent one year following the homicide squad in Baltimore and he chronicled that period of time.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
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I'm a dad, and I can tell you it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
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I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.
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The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.
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I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
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I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off.
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I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.
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I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.
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Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.
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There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that.
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I love to conduct opera.
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I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but to make sure that everything I tell is true, as I understand it. And to use the eloquence which my language affords me.
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I wouldn't mind being in one place for two months or so. It really doesn't sound so bad!
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Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.
