Monica Hesse Quotes
In fiction, you learn about pacing and how to build tension - which is something you want in a really good nonfiction feature article as well.
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I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
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Life is one long process of getting tired.
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In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
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We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does the spirit.
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I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.
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The natural enmity between leaver and left is like the absolute, immediate and always shifting hostility between driver and pedestrian.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.
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Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.
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My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.
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Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.
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I am an atheist and do not know the meaning of the 'religious pain' that is felt by believers of every cast when what they believe in is insulted.
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I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.
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When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.
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Okay - the world needs its cogs, all of them; and even a cog may say how it gets used. In fact, only a cog may determine its eventual meaning in the system. That's what I wanted to tell you.
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Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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We're always looking for something.
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It's not easy to be my sons because we're very high profile. We try so hard to give them a normal life. I'm very, very tight with them about money. I don't give that money until they ask, 'I need 100 yuan for my lunch card,' and so on. So they never have extra money.
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In fiction, you learn about pacing and how to build tension - which is something you want in a really good nonfiction feature article as well.
