Norman Maclean Quotes
One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.
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My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I think that the characters write themselves in some degree.
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I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'
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My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we're living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
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You have to open up on stage.
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Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident.
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Upon the brink of the wild stream He stood, and dreamt a mighty dream.
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The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.
