Cynthia Ozick Quotes
A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. 'Foreign Bodies' came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe.
Cynthia Ozick
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
Irwin Thomas
We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
Washed Out
I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
Ramez Naam
When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
Ma Jian
I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
Rachel Sklar
I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
Yossi Sarid
Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
T. B. Joshua
If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
Xun Kuang
If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.
Vijay Singh
In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
W. Somerset Maugham
The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
Garet Garrett
This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama.
Ed Wood
I had no desire to crash a man's world.
Ida Lupino
If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points.
Damian Lewis
Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.
Pankaj Mishra
To me, Scorpio was a big bet and a quantum leap in the kind of sophistication of our products. People forget that, apart from the Bolero and the Armada, until the nineties we never made hard-top vehicles.
Anand Mahindra
I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after.
Pedro Almodovar
A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. 'Foreign Bodies' came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe.
Cynthia Ozick
