Sigrid Nunez Quotes
Working at the 'Review', if anything, the impression you got was, 'I'll never be good enough. I'll never work hard enough. I'll never be devoted enough.' These people are staying up all night over their sentences!
Quotes to Explore
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Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.
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When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth.
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I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!
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Someone once said about me that I talk to everyone the same, no matter what age they are. I don't see kids and adults. I see everyone the same.
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Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.
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Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.
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The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.
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Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
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Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given.
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I know I'm really lucky to do what I do, but sometimes with the hours and the travelling, I don't get to see my family and friends as much as I'd like. It can be lonely on the road. Sometimes I come offstage after a massive adrenaline rush, and then when I go to an empty hotel room on my own, it can be an anti-climax.
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Being known for musicals is a great thing.
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It's quite a thrill to be playing a hero.
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If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?
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I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles.
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As a kid, I saw those ticker-tape parades in the movies, and I was really chuffed to be in one.
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The secret of living a full life is to be fully engaged, moment to moment, to have something in your life that engages you so that there's nothing missing.
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In the midst of the war against ISIS, we have also waged war on corruption in civil and military institutions.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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It's easy to work with someone who shares your same work ethic, who likes to create like you do.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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Working at the 'Review', if anything, the impression you got was, 'I'll never be good enough. I'll never work hard enough. I'll never be devoted enough.' These people are staying up all night over their sentences!
