Edan Lepucki Quotes
I wish I wasn't so in love, wasn't so interested, in the Internet. I wish I spent less time online and more time outside and in my head. Writing requires solitude and deep, deep daydreaming, and the Internet just kills that - its lure is toward the external; it asks you to flit from place to place.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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I like to keep my private life private.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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I've witnessed so many meetings and conferences where people are trying to figure out what young people think, and my feeling has consistently been that you should just ask them.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache.... If your wife betrays you, be glad that she betrayed only you and not the nation.
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I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time.
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People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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I wish I wasn't so in love, wasn't so interested, in the Internet. I wish I spent less time online and more time outside and in my head. Writing requires solitude and deep, deep daydreaming, and the Internet just kills that - its lure is toward the external; it asks you to flit from place to place.
