Richard Powers Quotes
I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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The increasing segregation we have in our country geographically and culturally has led to these pretty monolithic views of different classes of people, and because of that, we've lost a certain amount of cultural cohesion.
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Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.
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Those who adhere to the ideology of rejecting Israel’s right to exist, they might as well reject the earth beneath them or the sky above, because Israel is not going anywhere.
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Of all the films I've worked on, that is among my favorites. It's an incredibly beautiful film. (Levinson) really captures what it means to be in a family and the ups and downs of that. He maps out beautifully how families moved from Eastern Europe to the United States and how they got broken up by the modern age.
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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
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Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.
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Listen to me brother! bring the
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Old age is the time when birthday candles cost more than the birthday cake itself, and half of your urine is wasted on medical testing.
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There's nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don't make the same ones. We don't want to duplicate them.
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Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.
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Ever since I met [my wife], my life has been different. I have what I want. I have my Jewel in Millie.
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The message behind every brand that's plus size is about making a woman feel confident in any shape or size. Now straight size, it's all about the signature brand and how to look good in that one brand, and not necessarily how to look good for yourself.
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So fashion was, in a way, an accident. But this world opens you up to a lot of different avenues that interested me. I loved the idea of working in different countries. And I loved the idea of construction and working with imagery. But, yes, I fell into fashion a bit by mistake.
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I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.
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It was early evening when they walked outside, the sky the color of pink lemonade.
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I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation.
