Emily M. Danforth Quotes
Maybe I still haven't become me. I don't know how you tell for sure when you finally have.
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.
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In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you start has nothing to do with how far you can come.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.
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I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?
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I actually wanted to be a zookeeper when I was 5.
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I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could. I didn't do that until I started rapping.
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A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
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Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
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Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
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I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
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But I couldn't ever make that dream happen. It just came on its own, the way dreams do.
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I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.
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Maybe I still haven't become me. I don't know how you tell for sure when you finally have.
