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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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
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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 grew up in the projects in Queens, and we were really poor.
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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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I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.
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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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It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.
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Many a girl who can't dance well makes up for it during intermission.
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If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.
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I come from Paisley, the same town as David Sneddon, who won 'Fame Academy.' When he was late for his homecoming reception in the town hall, they held an impromptu talent show. I ended up singing some songs, and that's how I was discovered.
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Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.
Curtis Sittenfeld
