Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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All who call the Holy Ghost a creature we pity, on the ground that, by this utterance, they are falling into the unpardonable sin of blasphemy against Him.
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He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. Any messages people take away from my books are the ones they see in them.
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I feel people care so much about their appearance - which is important, and I do still care about my appearance, but not that much. There's far more to life than that.
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I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.
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Watching yourself on screen is always a little weird, but I didn't cringe when I saw myself on 'The Hour.' It actually exceeded my expectations; every shot looks like a vintage postcard and even my most brutally honest friends have said they think it's good.
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Rather than just mimic processes in nature, I think we can harness the powers of nature itself and allow it to help us create. That, in a way is what the 'Dune' project is all about.
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My parents raised me to believe that when one door slams in your face, turn around because there's probably another door opening up somewhere.
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The most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews to the land in the rebirth of Israel.
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When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.
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Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied rather than ridiculed.
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I know the reason why you keep your silence up, No you don't fool me. The hurt doesn't show But the pain still grows It's no stranger to you and me.
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Toute idée fausse finit dans le sang, mais il s'agit toujours du sang des autres. C'est ce qui explique que certains de nos philosophes se sentent à l'aise pour dire n'importe quoi.
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Application-specific tokens, or app-tokens, are built on top of existing general-purpose blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. For the first time, open-source project creators can directly monetize their open-source network.
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I love the Army with every bone in my body.
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There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all.
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Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy.
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Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.
Curtis Sittenfeld
