Cynthia Ozick Quotes
I never conceived of not writing a novel. I believed - oh, God, I believed, it was an article of faith! - I was born to write a novel.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I was very innocent and shielded as a child, so I didn't know a lot about music or dancing. When I was in Primary Six, no one would participate in a talent show, so I decided to go on. When the audience applauded me, I felt euphoric, and I started dancing right after that!
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
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Using MO to link crimes can be problematic.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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I think as someone who collects beautiful things from the past, the thing that I miss the most about modernism and the things I lament about the past are everyday things that you would use were made more beautifully.
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Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have to wait for a very long time indeed.
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Often faith isn't hoping that good times are coming; it's trying to see that the good times are here.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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Fame really drove me into my house. I was very paranoid. I didn't like going out. I had no idea how to be comfortable with the press. I was very young. It was really hard for me.
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I never conceived of not writing a novel. I believed - oh, God, I believed, it was an article of faith! - I was born to write a novel.
