Jennifer Egan Quotes

I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don't think it will work out, doesn't mean that it actually won't.

Jennifer Egan

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WorkTimeThinkWillMeanOver

Do you tend to sleep in during the weekends? That usually signals that you're trying to sleep off a debt you've accumulated during the week.

Matthew Walker

SleepWeekTryingYouDebtWeekends

It's like an OCD thing, it's not as much something I enjoy. If I see a chapstick that I've never tried, I have to buy it. And then once that door's been opened, I have to check the whole store to see if there are more chapsticks that I don't have.

Anna Kendrick

DoorEnjoyMoreNeverSeeI See

I am much more involved in the filmmaking experience on Mag Seven. I'm much more involved in story elements, casting decisions, the writing of the show, the blocking of the scenes.

Michael Biehn

ExperienceI AmWritingStoryMore

Time and energy are finite. You only have so many hours in a day and so many days of your life. The solution to using your time wisely isn't about exerting more energy - eventually you'll run out of steam. The key to reaching your greatest potential is about working smarter, not harder.

Amy Morin

LifeTimeDayEnergyKeyPotential

Music is composed on computers and other electronic equipment; producers don't want to spend money on orchestra.

Sivamani

MusicMoneyComputersWantOrchestra

To go from someone who would put something on SoundCloud and maybe get 15,000 plays in a year to getting 100,000 plays in one day felt very weird. I thought I was dying.

Shura

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Everybody I know is a joke writer.

Ron White

KnowJokeWriterEverybody

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.

Roland Gift

LightBetterLongBurnHalfThan

I think nobody can block me. Nobody can stop me.

Jason Pierre-Paul

MeThinkStopNobodyBlockI Think

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

Josh Tillman

FunnyGoodPowerHumorYouFoil

For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.

Clara Zetkin

CapitalismTyrannySituationClass

Us Jews are nomadic people.

Bryan Fogel

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