Heidi Julavits Quotes
I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there's nowhere I'd be happier, there's nowhere I'm missing out on because I'm in N.Y.
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I've never seen a movement spread as fast as the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your creativity - you can feed it with content, with some rational prodding and sleep and things like that, but the mechanisms by which your creativity work are largely unknown.
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There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.
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When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.
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An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
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Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
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I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
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I like to interpose in all of my appointments, if the Lord wills.
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When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
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For whatever you're doing, for your creative juices, your geography's got a hell of a lot to do with it. You really have to be in a good place, and then you have to be either on your way there or on your way from there.
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Build a rocket ship and leave the earth!
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I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.
