Susan Cheever Quotes
There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are just a few heartbeats away from being the same person.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are.
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I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life.
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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
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My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey, I could not believe that my parents let us play as long as they did.
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I am one of the endangered species: people who still write in meter and rime.
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I've been overseas more than you have in your whole little life.
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The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.
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As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.
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People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.
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I think all of us naturally want to be a part of a community... at home and at work.
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I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night.
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I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you think that perhaps could become your sound, too. I did that with Hemingway, and I thought I was writing just like Hemingway. Then all of a sudden it occurred to me - he didn't have a sense of humor. I don't know anything he's written that's funny.
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I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
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I do a project, and then I move on.
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History happens as soon as I pick up my coffee cup - it happened 30 seconds ago. It's history.
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Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.
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Amazon.com isn't the same as going down an aisle. The same as record stores. You'll go for Billie Holiday, and you buy Gustav Mahler as you're going out the door.
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The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.
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I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.
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I'm a flash in the pan: a novelty.
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There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are just a few heartbeats away from being the same person.
