Jennifer Egan Quotes

I grew up in the '70s, when people talked on the phone - and just talked more. I remember the phone was the epicenter of our house. I spent hours every evening as a teenager waiting for the phone to ring and talking to my friends.

Jennifer Egan

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I would hope to get together with the Latino community, if I could ever have them talk to me without screaming and threatening me. So I hope to get together with the community and try to explain what we do, so that's going to be one of my missions coming up.

Joe Arpaio

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Comedy is free therapy. And if it's done well, the audience and the comic take turns being the doctor as well as the patient.

Maysoon Zayid

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Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.

Anna Deavere Smith

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There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.

Sonia Sotomayor

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Romantically, in my head, I'm Rambo, but if someone's shouting at me, I get adrenalin shakes and go red. When I'm really low, I have a good cry.

Russell Tovey

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We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

Minoru Yamasaki

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I think the most important thing is to always clean your face and ensure your make-up comes off at night. Going to bed with make-up is just so bad for your skin.

Doutzen Kroes

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My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.

Della Reese

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There seems to be a peculiar kind of clamor for comics. And I'm not sure how much a part of reality that is. I think partly it's based on some idea that comics are what everybody wants to read - and I don't think that's the case.

Chris Ware

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I like to stand out and make a statement.

Cindy Gallop

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People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted and miserable.'

Anurag Kashyap

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When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

William Shatner

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