Eudora Welty Quotes
Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer's own life.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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I have always wondered why more women did not look into owning their own funds. Granted, it is a high stress, high risk business, but it also offers high rewards and control.
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I'm convinced it makes all the difference in the world.
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I've been left at the altar now a couple of times.
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To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water.
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Beulah, Peel me a grape.
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I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.
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As little boys, my brother and I used to spend hours with my grandmother, asking her about the details of how she came to America. She could only give us a smattering of details, but they all found their way into our collective imagination, eventually becoming a part of our own cultural identity and connection to the past.
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I've rarely played glamorous roles. I don't mind looking plain on camera.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer's own life.
