John D'Agata Quotes

Can we call the essay its own genre if it's so promiscuously versatile? Can we call any genre a 'genre' if, when we read it from different angles and under different shades of light, the differences between it and something else start becoming indistinguishable?

John D'Agata

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LightStartDifferencesShadesOwn

If we ever get to the polls once, you will never get us home.

Anna Howard Shaw

HomeYouWillNeverUsGet

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear.

Michael Chabon

GoodFearWifeWomanThoughtThree

Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geometric shapes can affect matter around them. It's simply because when a human looks at a shape, they instantly receive energy from their brain.

Tom DeLonge

BrainEnergyLooksSayMatterHuman

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.

Roald Dahl

CountryMilesWestMansionMoved

I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me down. I loved to climb all the way up to the top. I must have been a koala in my past life.

Miranda Kerr

LifeTreePastMeClimbLoved

The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?

Jules Verne

NatureSeaSpeakEndWillGlobe

The minute they gave me number one, I went to the studio. I was ready to give y'all something else. I was going 120 miles an hour.

Desiigner

MeReadyMilesSomethingGoingGive

Although simulators are great for building step-by-step knowledge of a procedure, the worst thing that can happen in a sim is that you get a bad grade on your performance.

Chris Hadfield

KnowledgeGreatPerformanceBuilding

Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.

Clarence Clemons

I AmMeNowResponsibleOverTell

There's something about being out here on the road that the hours aren't anything like what you're used to when you're at home.

Brad Paisley

HomeRoadYouOutAnythingHere

Beauty and fashion is not pain!

Ashley Nell Tipton

BeautyPainFashion

As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves.

Norman Macleod

ScienceChildrenHoldGrabFeign

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