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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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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Of all the American educational system's problems, none is more severe than the academic year beginning before Labor Day.
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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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Insurrection, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.
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It's one of the fundamental principles of the stock market: When interest rates go up, stocks go down. And along with financial companies and cyclicals, technology companies - with their sky-high price-to-earnings multiples - should be among the biggest losers in an environment of rising rates.
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I was in a marriage, and we didn't make it. So my hope is, through my music, I can help heal some relationships that may be headed in that direction.
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All my brothers and sisters are really witty, and I would just sit back and enjoy them.
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Comic-Con is overwhelming when you have such a long day of press schedules.
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The TV mini-series is kind of a lost genre because the networks have given up on it.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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Fantasy allows for less rigorous worldbuilding and more vigorous exploration of moral questions. Sci-fi is opp.
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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.
