Louise Erdrich Quotes
There are people who are always, I think, going to remain people of the book, to use another author's title, but people of the book, who really must be around.
Quotes to Explore
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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I think that what I'd like to instil is that if you join the youth theatre, it's a gateway into greater career prospects.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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An adaptation leads the cinema-goer to the original to find out what they're missing and if they already know the book, it can still illuminate a theme, a character, an idea.
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In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.
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All over Africa, people are wearing what Americans once wore and no longer want. Visit the continent, and you'll find faded remnants of secondhand clothing in the strangest of places.
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Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery. Now you would have me explain the miracles of Jesus. We are all the miraculous gesture of the moment; our Lord and Master was the centre of that moment. Yet it was not in His desire that His gestures be known.
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Critics always get the lyrics wrong in reviews, which is amusing - especially when they use them against you.
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There are people who are always, I think, going to remain people of the book, to use another author's title, but people of the book, who really must be around.
