Louise Erdrich Quotes
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny.
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I probably spend the most time with Toews: we have the same schedule, and we're roomies on the road; we sit next to each other. We do a lot of promotions together.
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Polka dots are fabulous.
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I grew up on a farm - it was a lovely life; we'd make tree houses all day - and my parents worked from home.
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I like a mannish man: a man who knows how to talk to and treat a woman - not just a man with muscles.
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The notion that a story has a message assumes that it can be reduced to a few abstract words, neatly summarized in a school or college examination paper or a brisk critical review.
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There is no question that US interrogations have resulted in deaths. High-ranking officials who knew about the torture and sat on their hands and those who created and endorsed these policies must be held accountable.
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Power travels in the bloodlines, handed out before birth.
