Adriana Trigiani Quotes

I always think the most important thing for a writer is a deadline, and it's the same with a house. They say you shouldn't make an emotional decision with a house, but I think it is the only decision you can make.

Adriana Trigiani

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• A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

  

  Samuel Butler
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• I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

  

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• As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.

  

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• There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.

  

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• I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that high school. Then I joined the Navy, and while I was in the Navy, I was in a motorcycle accident and woke up deaf in a hospital.

  

  I. King Jordan
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• Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.

  

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• Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.

  

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  • People
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• Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.

  

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  • Thinking
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• Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?

  

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• I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

  

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• Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.

  

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• I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Think
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• The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.

  

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• When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'

  

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• Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

  

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• Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.

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• My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.

  

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• I'd love to drive a Bugatti - something totally ridiculous but super fast.

  

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• NBC announced that during the summer Olympics they will set a new record by airing over 1200 hours of coverage. Which is amazing because that's 10 hours longer than the coverage of Reagan's funeral.

  

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• Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.

  

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  • Important
  • Me
  • Shoes

• I've been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You have like, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas Ghesquière, Anna Wintour, David Stern.

  

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  • Important
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• I always think the most important thing for a writer is a deadline, and it's the same with a house. They say you shouldn't make an emotional decision with a house, but I think it is the only decision you can make.

  

  Adriana Trigiani
  • Important
  • House
  • Decision