E. L. Doctorow Quotes

I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer.

E. L. Doctorow

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• Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.

  

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• I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.

  

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• It's been tough for me being away from the game.

  

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• It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.

  

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• 'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'

  

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• Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

  

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• In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?

  

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• Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

  

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• You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

  

  Gabrielle Union
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• When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.

  

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• I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.

  

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• I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.

  

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  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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• Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.

  

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• Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.

  

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• An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.

  

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• A lot of my music is very roots-oriented, and that's country and soul. I've been in every roadhouse in the South, soaking in all of that... Nashville is like a second home to me, and I'm just gravitating toward the songs.

  

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• I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Mind
  • Done
  • Book