Cynthia Ozick Quotes
People often ask how I can reject the phrase 'woman writer' and not reject the phrase 'Jewish writer' - a preposterous question. 'Jewish' is a category of civilization, culture, and intellect, and 'woman' is a category of anatomy and physiology.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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Starting out, they told me: 'You're a good-looking guy. We'll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.' But I've grown up, and that's not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.
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I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.
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In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
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We want the city back on its feet. We want to have jobs for the city.
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I've always been a Nike person.
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Sheriff Bart waking up a drunk Jim in jail: Are we awake?Jim 'The Waco Kid': We don't know. Are we black?Sheriff Bart: Yes we are.Jim 'The Waco Kid': Then we're awake, but we're very puzzled.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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Almost overnight, white people have gone from being very powerful to potentially irrelevant. Their future in South Africa is not what many had envisaged, so it involves a lot of reinvention.
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While many people are trying to be in tune with infinite, what they really are is in tune with the indefinite.
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The most important role of managers is to create environment in which people are passionately dedicated to winning in marketplace.
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People often ask how I can reject the phrase 'woman writer' and not reject the phrase 'Jewish writer' - a preposterous question. 'Jewish' is a category of civilization, culture, and intellect, and 'woman' is a category of anatomy and physiology.
