Elif Batuman Quotes
I grew up hearing that if it hadn't been for Ataturk, my grandmother would have been 'a covered person' who would have been reliant on a man for her livelihood. Instead, she went to boarding school, wrote a thesis on Balzac, and became a teacher.
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand.
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I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something – history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.
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To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job.
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InSight will get to the 'core' of the nature of the interior and structure of Mars, well below the observations we've been able to make from orbit or the surface.
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I was just blown away by everything my dad was doing, every play. It was amazing to be able to go as a young person to the theater and see these visuals and how creative it could be. More than anything it was realizing you could do that as a life path.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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I grew up hearing that if it hadn't been for Ataturk, my grandmother would have been 'a covered person' who would have been reliant on a man for her livelihood. Instead, she went to boarding school, wrote a thesis on Balzac, and became a teacher.
