Jennifer Egan Quotes

I have a tendency to coddle my sons because I want to keep them safe, but I also want them to be strong and independent and curious and bold, and I worry that my coddling is going to have exactly the opposite effect.

Jennifer Egan

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The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs.

Joe Baca

SchoolEnergyHelpUnexpectedCrisis

You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

Michael Chang

WorkTrainingYouWantWayRight

I would make the movie industry more like the television industry. TV is more material driven. In TV, you can break new stars. TV can take more chances.

Stephen Chbosky

StarsYouTelevisionNewMoreBreak

My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally.

Toni Collette

FaceKindResponseHappeningSome

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

Ron Fournier

GreatnessPeopleMeYouMoviesJust

We die only once, and for such a long time.

Moliere

TimeDeathDieLongLong TimeOnly

I'm afraid that - not necessarily deliberately, but consistently - I've made a kind of laboratory out of my life, where I mix the stuff in the test tubes to create explosions - possibly resulting in interesting by-products. I mean, not deliberately - I'd be crazy to deliberately do that - or maybe not.

Jay McInerney

LifeCrazyInterestingMy LifeKind

If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.

Jason Alexander

CareerJumpMoreIf I CouldMove

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

Dolly Parton

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When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

Christina Ricci

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Americans are proud of this country. They want to see things get better, and they want to be part of that turnaround. That's what America Speaking Out is all about.

Phil Gingrey

ProudBetterAmericaCountryWant

Tolkien is considered the grandfather of fantasy and, for me, I consider myself the grandson, with Terry Brooks as the kind of crazy uncle of fantasy, being the one who brought me into it.

Peter V. Brett

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