Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes
I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.Curtis Sittenfeld
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to express myself. I have an immediate answer in my head of what I'd say, but sometimes I feel that it would be too honest. So these wheels of censorship start going around my head.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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I don't have many friends.
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America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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Whatever else may be thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers it does at least establish, for those who refuse the witness of Christian writings, the historical character of Jesus Himself.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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People have had the idea to do a '90s alternative tour for a long time. I didn't come up with that; I was the first guy to basically say it was time.
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I was not a good doctor, my studies had been too rapid, my hospital training too short, but there is not the slightest doubt that I was a successful doctor. What is the secret of success? To inspire confidence. What is confidence? ... I do not know, I only know that it cannot be acquired by book reading, nor by the bedside of our patients. It is a magic gift granted by birth-right to one man and denied to another. The doctor who possesses this gift can almost raise the dead
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I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.
Curtis Sittenfeld
