Jennifer Egan Quotes

I've been interested in terrorism from the very beginning. My first novel is about that, too, and I think one reason I've been so interested in terrorism is because I have a deep interest - one of my deepest interests - in image culture and how it works. And terrorism is an epiphenomenon of image culture.

Jennifer Egan

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CultureBeginningDeepThinkImage

Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.

John G. Schmitz

WorkLiveBetterWhoThanThose

Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.

Meg Ryan

MyselfActingDefineSolely

To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others.

Max Lerner

YourselfHurtOthersAgainstAny

In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. There seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink. I don't know who these people are but they're little pigs.

John le Carre

PeopleHellGoKnowLimitPigs

I really wanted to go Russia. I'm really interested in Russian history, so I'd like to go and put a face to what I've read.

Mia Goth

HistoryFaceGoRussiaInterested

My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy.

Tracy Pollan

LifeFamilyFocusHappyMeMy Life

We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise.

Mitchell Baker

BrokenPeopleFoundationAuthority

I pray every night before I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up.

Demi Lovato

MorningSleepNightWake UpGoUp

I'm not a competitive person.

Chris Elliott

PersonCompetitiveCompetitive Person

I didn't know anything about Silicon Valley.

Chris Hughes

KnowAnythingValleySilicon Valley

I'm an electronic guy, I'm a freak for electronic music but real instruments, the dynamic range of it, and the emotions, there's no comparison.

Armin van Buuren

MusicEmotionsRealComparisonFreak

One bit of advice someone gave me - which I haven't yet tried - is that if you go to an area where you might pick up a tummy bug, you should seek out the local probiotic yogurt. Eating it will introduce you to the local gut flora, apparently.

Anthony Head

MeEatingAdviceSomeoneYouGo

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