Monica Hesse Quotes
Fiction writing and journalism, in my experience, are really excellent training grounds for each other.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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People still do fall in and out of love and can and cannot express what they feel and are very much pained because the person they love is with somebody else. That's happening the whole world over, and I think it always has been.
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I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
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We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces.
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Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.
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Everyone in New York is very self-involved. They're focused on themselves. Like, walking down the street, people are just in their own zone.
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When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.
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I wanted to really ingrain myself in the culture and the people. And I apologize about having an allergy to dairy products that gives me some irritable bowels, but other than that, I mean, I've embraced just about everything else Wisconsin - especially when it comes to sports, but also the people and the interactions with our fans.
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I always wanted to play a Greek god in something.
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When I was ten and in fifth grade, I read all of 'Robinson Crusoe' in one weekend.
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Despite the occasional high decibel level, 'The Group' is not a shout fest. I don't simply want panelists with opposing opinions trying to out-shout one another.
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But you always fall for somebody else and then it's all right. Fall for them but don't let them ruin you.
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Fiction writing and journalism, in my experience, are really excellent training grounds for each other.
