E. L. Doctorow Quotes
A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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My biggest hobby is airsoft, which is similar to paintball. Essentially, it's military simulation, but the guns shoot plastic BBs. My friends and I go out in the woods or the desert and play all day long!
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.
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When you want the belt, you have to work for it.
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We must never lose sight of the fact that shoes go on the feet, and if people can't walk in them, they are worthless. Fashion designers who are not specialists need the help of technical people. We help decide the collections together.
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In Nietzsche’s view nihilism is not a Weltanschauung that occurs at some time and place or another; it is rather the basic character of what happens in Occidental history.
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I think that when two people are able to weave that kind of invisible thread of understanding and sympathy between each other, that delicate web, they should not risk tearing it. It is too rare, and it lasts too short a time at best.
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No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
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A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.
