Cynthia Ozick Quotes
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives.
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My role is to embody the Black Opium woman - I suppose you have to be the living embodiment of all the intangible things the brand stands for.
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
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The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue. The policy is the issue. I think the Administration's policy on global warming is dead wrong.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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Getting to perform at the Carlyle, following in the footsteps of women like Elaine Stritch, Barbara Cook, Christine Ebersole, Kelli O'Hara, and so many others, is nothing short of a dream come true.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through.Looking into their eyes I see them running too.
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Describe character using dialogue. Describe character using what the characters see or do or think, but not what they had done or where they had been.
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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.
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I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives.
