Amy Bloom Quotes
We have our insides and our outsides, and I find the struggles between the two, as well as the occasions of harmony between the two, fascinating.
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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The sound of water is worth more than all the poets' words.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
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Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.
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Of all the American educational system's problems, none is more severe than the academic year beginning before Labor Day.
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Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.
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Americans don't learn about the world; they don't study world history, other than American history in a very one-sided fashion, and they don't study geography.
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At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.
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... There's a joy, To the fond votaries of fame unknown, To hear the still small voice of conscience speak In whisp'ring plaudit to the silent soul.
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Nothing is yet in its true form.
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The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, 'My country, right or wrong.' In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.
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Circumcision in the United States is routinely performed without anesthesia, though anesthesia reduces the infant's stress and prevents infection and blood clots.
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Pirates could happen to anyone.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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People have said, 'You've turned your back on pediatrics.' I said, 'No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.'
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I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start.
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We have our insides and our outsides, and I find the struggles between the two, as well as the occasions of harmony between the two, fascinating.
