Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes
I always wrote from a very young age, literally from the time I learned how to read and write.Curtis Sittenfeld
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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We try to guide with a light touch. Sometimes we can be helpful, and my goal with my team, both on the series side and on the film side, is that the collaboration should always be invited. In other words, we're not looking to impose our view on the filmmaker; we hire a storyteller because we love the story, and we love their ability to tell it.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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Mike Schur knows exactly what everything should look like but, at the same time, is super collaborative and loves working with actors that make choices and bring stuff to the table.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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To have any kind of a future you've got to give up hope of ever changing your past.
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The '50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful.
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Scientology delivers what it promises under the guise of tearing away falsity, neuroses, psychoses. It creates a brainwashed, robotic version of you. It's a 'Matrix' of you, so you're communicating with people all the time using Scientology.
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Part of what any good health-care professional does, including an advanced-practice nurse, is know when it is time to seek help from more experienced professionals. I'm a primary care doctor. It doesn't mean I know everything. When something is beyond my competency or expertise, I seek consultation from my colleagues.
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I don't watch too much TV when it comes to sports or news or things like that.
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I always wrote from a very young age, literally from the time I learned how to read and write.
Curtis Sittenfeld
