Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years. I could probably tell you less what happened in the last 10 years. I remember what houses looked like, sometimes they just pop into my head.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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LifeGoodChildhoodMemoryRemember

My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies extruded from a metal press and pastel bonbons ordered from See's.

Joan Didion

MotherFriendsCookiesWaySeeOwn

I think what kids do is play.

Jessica Stockholder

ThinkPlayKidsI Think

You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.

Mel Tillis

RoadYouKnowBeingComeYour

I use my iPhone as an alarm, so when it goes off, I pick it up and casually scroll through whatever emails may have come in while I was asleep.

Maulik Pancholy

iPhoneWhateverThroughUpMayOff

We must take the world as it is and not as we would like it to be.

Maurice Allais

WorldTakeMustWouldLike

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.

John Ratzenberger

PeopleMeWillNeverWatchingReal

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

John Rhys-Davies

LifeLovePeopleWorldRestYou

I've not had a mean life.

Sissy Spacek

LifeMeanHad

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

Sidney Sheldon

LeadershipLiveHappinessGreatMan

I grew up in Georgia, so I grew up listening to the Allman Brothers.

Trisha Yearwood

ListeningGeorgiaUpBrothersGrew

As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am.

Tommy Lee Jones

MotherWomenDaughterWifeI AmOut

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

Tom Perrotta

ParentsGrowing UpGrowingWriteUp

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