Lydia Davis Quotes
If I was writing about an academic or a more difficult person, I would use the Latinate vocabulary more, but I do think Anglo-saxon is the language of emotion.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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I wanted to get a cropped hairdo, but Sreenu Vaitla loves my look in 'Chiruta,' so he suggested that I keep the long hair.
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.
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The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.
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When I was in college, I wrote poetry very seriously, and then once I had started writing short stories, I didn't go back to poetry, partially because I felt like I understood how incredibly difficult it was.
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Unfortunately, writing and reporting the truth is not allowed under Castro's tyrannical dictatorship.
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If I was writing about an academic or a more difficult person, I would use the Latinate vocabulary more, but I do think Anglo-saxon is the language of emotion.
