E. L. Doctorow Quotes
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
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We all have stories for a reason, and if we keep them to ourselves, I don't feel they would help anybody.
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
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I really don't have the time to spend much time online, I do have web tv, which I use when I need information.
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I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.
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For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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A lion is called a 'king of beasts' obviously for a reason.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.
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For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.
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I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
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I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.
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I need to be able to explain myself in context.
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Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
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But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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We don't have a revenue problem in Annapolis. We have a spending problem we need to control.
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Beauty was so heavily important in my family, something I had to contend with. All those experiences allow me to make what I'm making today. I grew up with that. There's a reason why I express that in my art. I'm trying to figure it out myself.
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If it moves, privatize it, if it doesn't move, privatize it; since everything either moves or doesn't move, privatize everything.
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It's not enough not to be evil. We also actively try to be good.
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I'm constantly trying to create timeless music that many people can gravitate to.
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The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
