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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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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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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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold -
I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to be fooled by randomness in art. I want the ceremonial of religion; we are made for it.
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Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
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For me, I always admire anyone that's entrepreneurs or inventors.
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When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from.
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It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.
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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.
