Jennifer Egan Quotes

What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and one should always consider their judgments in that context.

Jennifer Egan

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkArtMomentValueFeelMeasure

So far as I am concerned, I think more of reasons than of reputations, more of principles than of persons, more of nature than of names, more of facts than of faiths.

Robert Green Ingersoll

NatureI AmThinkFactsPrinciples

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.

Angela Ruggiero

PowerWorldVoicePlayDegreeGive

I'd rather see artificial intelligence than no intelligence.

Michael Crichton

IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence

I do feel like I have a lot more confidence now. I can shot list the episode before I start, but then, as things happen on set, I know how to adjust so I can still execute the scene completely, and I still know how to make my days.

Shiri Appleby

ConfidenceStartFeelI CanKnow

I'm the way I am now because I was bullied when I was the lanky, gangly, skinny kid. I was the guy who would flick everybody off, and my middle finger was this skinny, long stick. I got picked on because of that.

Trevante Rhodes

I AmLongNowWayKidMiddle

Creating artworks, writing and publishing novels, poetry, music, or conducting art-historical research requires support. So does everything else in the world, from physics to fish and wildlife management to human-rights advocacy.

Trevor Paglen

MusicPoetrySupportResearchWorld

Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God.

Russell Brand

GodBeautifulThinkYouPerfectUs

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

LL Cool J

FearDreamsYour DreamsPastThink

When I'm near a native community, I visit it. If I hear there's a spiritual person in the neighborhood, I'll seek them out.

Jon Voight

CommunitySpiritualPersonOutSeek

I've never been happy doing stock work; I've never been happy thinking that I haven't changed something.

Jonathan Glazer

WorkHappyThinkingDoingNever

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound.

Dennis Prager

EducationGreatMindCollegeBelief

Commodity prices are at a record high. In 1933, the world's population was just over 2 billion people. Today, there are 7 billion mouths to feed - many of them depending on American agriculture.

Debbie Stabenow

TodayPeopleWorldAmericanHigh

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