Jennifer Egan Quotes

My last novel, 'The Keep,' was very explicitly technological, about the quality of living in a state constantly surrounded by disembodied presences, and I was thinking very much about the online experience.

Jennifer Egan

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I became interested in film making at around 16, when I discovered a friend of mine had a HI 8 camera which belonged to his father, which we were forbidden to use.

John Carney

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My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

Michael J. Fox

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Years down the line, when people look at my filmography, I'd like them to see a legacy of new-age content films.

Sidharth Malhotra

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To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

Sidney Poitier

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Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after: Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate.

Robert Dallek

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I don't believe in perfection, but those acrimony-free gaps during our family holidays can be downright blissful.

Ron Howard

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Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready.

Michelle Wie

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Everyone has a different colour as an actor. And the composite of all those colours hopefully creates something that's fun to watch.

Jon Tenney

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I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.

Doug Ducey

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Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.

Anne M. Mulcahy

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The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.

Annette Bening

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As far as 'Birdsong' is concerned, I think the television program made a very honorable attempt at it, but the truth of the matter is that adaptations of long, ambitious books very seldom transfer well to the screen, and why would they?

Sebastian Faulks

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