Ben Dolnick Quotes
A novel quite possibly won't be good and, even more possibly, will have not-good parts, but at least it won't shape-shift on you; at least you can say that you're halfway through and know that this maps onto some clear, visualizable chunk of narrative.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes.
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The media's image of us is as animals, and we were never that to me. I knew love from black folks.
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There's a lot of noise in the world, and the internet magnifies that energy.
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When you think positive, good things happen.
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A novel quite possibly won't be good and, even more possibly, will have not-good parts, but at least it won't shape-shift on you; at least you can say that you're halfway through and know that this maps onto some clear, visualizable chunk of narrative.
