Jennifer Egan Quotes

I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and an intellectual question.

Jennifer Egan

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It was an extraordinary connection, the synergy within the band. There was an area of ESP between Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and myself.

Jimmy Page

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I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.

Jim DeMint

SupportPartyWashingtonMy OwnOwn

Tony Blair personified the shift away from democracy, towards control by bankers.

Max Keiser

DemocracyControlAwayShiftBankers

Americans should be ashamed of how aflutter they get about Downton Abbey - it's unpatriotic. I seem to remember we fought a revolution so as not to put up with this nonsense, where notions of station are so unforgiving that upper and lower echelons are practically different species.

Steve Erickson

RevolutionRememberNonsenseAshamed

I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe.

Mike Pence

LawBelieveHandsCitizenMoreSafe

Penal law was not created by the common people, nor by the peasantry, nor by the proletariat, but entirely by the bourgeoisie as an important tactical weapon in this system of divisions which they wished to introduce.

Michel Foucault

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As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the upholding of the principles of the revolution by the highest levels of leadership in Egypt.

Michelle Bachelet

LeadershipWomenSocietyRevolution

My greatest asset now is my focus.

Josh McDowell

FocusNowGreatest AssetGreatest

My office has two buildings that function like the right and left sides of the brain. There's a room where everything is being edited for an upcoming project, but you can pull out of that into a tranquil space to work in a different, more solitary medium. It's an architectural unfolding of the process instead of just one chaotic structure.

Doug Aitken

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Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.

Dean Cain

BetterSomeoneYouActingPlayGet

I stopped smoking. When I stopped smoking, my voice changed... so drastically, I couldn't believe it myself.

Bob Dylan

MyselfBelieveVoiceSmokingChanged

I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be.

Nigella Lawson

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