Nicholson Baker Quotes
Spoon the sauce over the ice cream. It will harden. This is what you have been working for.
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
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There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people.
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.
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We had a lot of difficulty in getting the French to accept the pyramid. They thought we were trying to import a piece of Egypt until I pointed out that their obelisk was also from Egypt and the Place des Pyramides is around the corner. Then they accepted it. The pyramid at the Louvre, though, is just the tip.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions.
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You'll see me on 'Top Chef' someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?
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What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.
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Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory.
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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
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It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
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I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.
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Preparing and cooking squid is easier than most fish. The only thing to remember is not to cook it for too long.
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O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
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Michelle Obama is extraordinary, but she is also the kind of woman that exists in a way that is - she's a hundred percent relatable to all kinds of people, all genders all around the world.
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I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basically - and now suddenly I'm a mom?
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My father managed shopping malls when I was a kid, and my high school job was to dress up in an elf costume and take photos of kids sitting on Santa Claus's lap.
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If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself, where it’s not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fun and you aren’t jealous of others. You see other people's talent as another branch of your own. You can keep it rooted in joy. Life is long and there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. The point of it all is to learn.
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Climate change is the central environmental ill of our time. We have an obligation to protect our children from the dangers of this widening scourge, and we aren't yet doing enough about it.
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Spoon the sauce over the ice cream. It will harden. This is what you have been working for.
