Jennifer Egan Quotes

I knew as far back as 2001 that I would write a book called 'A Visit From the Goon Squad,' though I had no idea what kind of book it would be.

Jennifer Egan

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I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.

Jet Li

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If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child would. The smallest things would become so meaningful, they might even be worth a few words or a photograph, whatever method you use to capture them.

John Dickerson

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When I was a little girl my parents always told me do everything you want in an artistic way. If you want to draw, make a drawing. Just do it. And if you want to play piano, play piano. It was a very free childhood where everything was possible.

Melanie Laurent

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I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.

Maya Beiser

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When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else.

Robert Reich

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You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.

Maurice Greene

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I've been misquoted a lot, and there's this tendency for people to put on to you how they think you should be or what they think you should feel.

Maura Tierney

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I want women to learn to find themselves.

Sonia Rykiel

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This is not a filmy line, but truth always wins.

Shilpa Shinde

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Americans like fat books and thin women.

Russell Baker

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Usually, one's cooking is better than one thinks it is.

Julia Child

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I think everyone in the United States has such admiration for the British royal family, and with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, there's a whole new interest in the younger generation.

Anna Wintour

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