Stewart O'Nan Quotes
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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I'm about 5' 10", and my hair is the length of my whole body now. We grow our hair because of faith, but it's getting heavy. Most of the rastas I know with hair my length are elders, and they keep it tied up, but for a young person who's active and running around, the weight is a big thing. So to play sports, I put it in a backpack.
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The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
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Napoleon the Third was not much. He died in England, and was buried in a country church-yard much the same as Kiltartan. But Napoleon the First was a great man; it was given out of him there never would be so great a man again.
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My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.
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The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.
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Dressing up and doing photo shoots was a side of the industry I really didn't think I would like. But now I've got a glam squad; I love trying on new outfits and experimenting with different looks.
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I'm proud that I've never stopped writing about being poor.
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There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.
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It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.
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The main thing you worry about is just coming up with songs at all. I don't sit down and write stuff like certain writers do. They think about what they are going to write first and then they write it. I just get what comes in at me. It's like I'm a musician and if I can keep my mitt on, I can catch the balls that come at me.
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Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.
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The two hardest things about writing are starting and not stopping.
