Louise Erdrich Quotes
We have these earthly bodies. We don't know what they want. Half the time, we pretend they are under our mental thumb, but that is the illusion of the healthy and the protected. Of sedate lovers. For the body has emotions it conceives and carries through without concern for anyone or anything else. Love is one of those, I guess. Going back to something very old knit into the brain as we were growing. Hopeless. Scorching. Ordinary.
Quotes to Explore
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect taxes are import and excise taxes.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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I started out doing musicals.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you.
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The Kindle is just the razor. The books are the blades - ka-ching!
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I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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We have these earthly bodies. We don't know what they want. Half the time, we pretend they are under our mental thumb, but that is the illusion of the healthy and the protected. Of sedate lovers. For the body has emotions it conceives and carries through without concern for anyone or anything else. Love is one of those, I guess. Going back to something very old knit into the brain as we were growing. Hopeless. Scorching. Ordinary.
