Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes
Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.Curtis Sittenfeld
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
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It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Defend your opinion only if it can be shown to be true, not because it is your opinion.
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I did a film called 'Black Dynamite' that was very, very funny. That seems to be a film that's kind of a cult classic.
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I always loved Alan Menken songs and wanted my first album to be a tribute to him and his work. I always loved his music.
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By suppressing differences and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.
Curtis Sittenfeld
