Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes
I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are.Curtis Sittenfeld
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
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I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.
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When I'm around black or white people, I'm always in the middle. Especially when I am around black people; they will really tell how they feel about white people regardless of the fact that I'm also white and have white relatives. It's very interesting and can be really hard.
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The reason I decided to run for Senate is one of my responsibilities as governor is to make sure that the voices of our people and our small businesses in New Hampshire are heard in Washington and that we continue to make the type of progress we're making here at the state level; we need that same type of response and progress in Washington.
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
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I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
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I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.
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And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.
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I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.
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Someone once told me that movies are a universal passport. And it's true, wherever you go.
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I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are.
Curtis Sittenfeld
