Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes

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• There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • Long
  • Achieve
  • Determined

• You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Women
  • Love
  • Respect

• The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Time
  • Long
  • Day

• That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • Long
  • Way
  • Film

• Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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  • American
  • Hand

• I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science.

  

  Jack Germond
  • Long
  • Political
  • Science

• The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.

  

  Larry Page
  • World
  • Long
  • Search

• Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
  • Up
  • Long
  • Doing

• I think society, in general, is hard on women, period.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Women
  • Think
  • Society

• I simplify the spices. I'm the same way as everybody else: if I look at a recipe and there's ten spices in it, I'm going to have to think long and hard about when I'm going to be able to make that... so I try to simplify the spices to three or four.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • Long
  • Think
  • Same

• Life is one long jubilee.

  

  Ira Gershwin
  • Life
  • Long
  • Jubilee

• For so long, I've been a little misunderstood as a person. You know, I do have this strut about me. I don't know if it's the Jersey girl in me. I like to think of myself as an egg, you know? Hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Long
  • Girl
  • Myself

• Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Men
  • Women
  • Kids

• Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy.

  

  Adam Michnik
  • Why
  • Democracy
  • Anchor

• The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Men
  • Women
  • Research

• I have always admired the way women put outfits together.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Women
  • Together
  • Always

• In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Good
  • Long
  • Help

• Service is an opportunity for young women to really empower themselves.

  

  Chelsea Clinton
  • Women
  • Opportunity
  • Service

• Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

  

  Jason Alexander
  • People
  • Comedy

• When I was younger, I wish I would have been told more often that I was right and nothing was wrong with me, that I was deserving of everything this world has to offer, and that my visions for my future were worthy of pursuit.

  

  Janet Mock
  • World
  • Future
  • Wish

• The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources.

  

  Daniel Yergin
  • Today
  • Energy

• I'm also launching a podcast. Because, I mean, the world desperately needs another podcast, am I right? Not to be a tease, but the format is different from anything else I've seen out there, and the subject matter is hopefully boundless, eye-opening, and a little cathartic.

  

  Chris Sacca
  • World
  • Different

• A lot of times, in a store, clothes appear strange to me, their cuts or flourishes arbitrary. Why is this look stylish now? How long will it be stylish for? It's slightly embarrassing to admit this - because, as a novelist, I'm supposed to be observant - but I'm flummoxed by the way other women dress.

  Curtis Sittenfeld
  • Long
  • Women
  • Why